Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Emmanuel Owusu

62 years old · died October 6, 2008 · Eloy Federal Contract Facility, Pinal County, Arizona

Emmanuel Owusu, a 62-year-old man, died on October 6, 2008, while held in immigration detention at the Eloy Federal Contract Facility in Casa Grande, Arizona. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported his cause of death as suicide by hanging. The agency's account is the only one we have, and it has not been independently verified.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. ICE reports that Owusu died by suicide by hanging at the Eloy Federal Contract Facility.

Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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