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Darren Lee Decker

42 years old · died August 10, 2017 · Citrus County Detention Facility, Citrus County, Florida

Darren Lee Decker, 42, died on August 10, 2017, while held at the Citrus County Detention Facility in Lecanto, Florida. The Citrus County Sheriff's Office said he was found with injuries from an apparent suicide and was taken to Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The sheriff's office said the death is under investigation, and the warden declined to comment further because of that inquiry.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Citrus County Sheriff's Office said Decker's injuries were from an apparent suicide, and the investigation is continuing.

Reported by: Citrus County 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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