Deaths in Custody
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Danny Q. James

40 years old · died August 10, 2023 · John E. Goode Pretrial Detention Facility, Duval County, Florida

Danny James, 40, was held at the Duval County jail in Jacksonville, Florida, when he died on a Thursday morning in early August 2023. His sister-in-law told News4JAX that he had not been sick lately. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said he was found in medical distress and called it a potential medical episode, saying it was not the result of contact with another person held there or with a correctional officer. The medical cause of death had not been publicly released, and no autopsy results were available at the time of the reports.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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