Gabriel Davis
Gabriel Davis, 21, of Athens, Tennessee, died by hanging on September 30, 2016, while held at the McMinn County Jail. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was called in to examine the circumstances at the request of District Attorney General Steve Crump. His family says they were told he took a sheet from a jail bed and hanged himself in a bathroom, and his cousin said the family wants to know how it happened. The sheriff's office did not comment on the account, and his body was to be autopsied in Knoxville.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Gabriel's family says they were told he took a sheet from a jail bed and hanged himself in a bathroom, while the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which is examining the death at the district attorney's request, has reported a hanging and the manner is still pending.
Reported by: Gabriel Davis's family (family or their lawyers); Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).