Deaths in Custody
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David Little

40 years old · died October 4, 2016 · Jefferson County Detention Center, Jefferson County

David Little, 40, died on October 4, 2016, while held at the Jefferson County Detention Center. Mark Techmeyer, public affairs director for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, said he was found unresponsive in his cell with a ligature around his neck and was pronounced dead at 5:28 p.m. The sheriff's office said the death appeared to be a suicide with no foul play, but the death was still under investigation. At the time, Little was housed in administrative segregation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Mark Techmeyer, public affairs director for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, said the death appears to be a suicide by ligature with no foul play, though it is still under investigation.

Reported by: Jefferson 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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