David Stafford
David Stafford, 42, died on June 5, 2016, at the McDowell County Jail in McDowell County, North Carolina. His brother Danny said he was a good person when he was not struggling with drug addiction, which had affected him since his teens, and remembered his perfect Sunday school attendance as a boy. The sheriff's office said he was found hanging in his cell, that he had shown no suicidal tendencies, and that he had eaten dinner shortly before. Investigators said he had been in an isolation cell because other people held at the jail had threatened him. The State Bureau of Investigation is involved in the investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The McDowell County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging in his cell, had shown no suicidal tendencies, and had eaten dinner shortly before; the SBI is investigating.
Reported by: McDowell County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.