Deaths in Custody
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Erik K. Frazier

died August 10, 2023 · Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, Albemarle County, Virginia

Erik K. Frazier died on August 10, 2023, while held at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail in Albemarle County, Virginia. Jail superintendent Colonel Martin Kumer said he died by suicide, and the jail said the death is under internal review, a police investigation and a state Department of Corrections review. The jail said it would release no further details out of respect for his family.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The jail says he died by suicide and that the death is under internal, police and state review.

Reported by: Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail (Colonel Martin Kumer, Superintendent) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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