Edward Berezowski
Edward Berezowski, 54, died by hanging in a cell at the Erie County Holding Center in New York on August 17, 2012. According to the record, he had tied his jail-issued pants to the bars of his cell. Jail deputies were reportedly unaware of an earlier suicide attempt by him and of his psychiatric medications, a gap the record presents as a failure of supervision. The death was classed as a suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Jail deputies were reportedly unaware of an earlier suicide attempt by Berezowski or of his psychiatric medications, according to the case summary.
Reported by: Erie County Holding Center (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.