Deaths in Custody
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Delbert Wesley Davis

31 years old · died July 7, 2016 · Dodge County Jail, Dodge County, Georgia

Delbert Wesley Davis, 31, was held at the Dodge County Jail in Eastman, Georgia, from June 28, 2016. He was pronounced dead at the jail on July 7, 2016. According to a release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, he hanged himself with a bed sheet, and autopsy findings were consistent with suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Georgia Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators); news report.

News reports (2)