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Dwanney Hall

died August 2024 · Clayton County Jail, Clayton County, Georgia

Dwanney Hall was held at the Clayton County Jail in Georgia in August 2024 and released seven days later. Within 24 hours he was admitted to hospital with severe abdominal pain, where doctors diagnosed a perforated bowel, and he died shortly after arriving. According to the medical examiner's report and his wife's account, Hall told her that an officer at the jail had hit him in the stomach, a claim the report records as his own statement.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The medical examiner's report lists a perforated bowel, and his wife says he told her an officer at the jail hit him in the stomach.

Reported by: medical examiner's report (medical examiner or coroner); his wife.

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