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Gary Gomez

41 years old · died December 16, 2020 · Box Elder County Jail, Box Elder County, Utah

Gary Gomez, 41, died on December 16, 2020, at the Box Elder County Jail in Brigham City, Utah, where he was being held. The Box Elder County Sheriff's Office said deputies found him apparently in medical distress on the floor of his cell. The Sheriff's Office said he was alone in the cell and that nothing suspicious appears to be involved, while investigators from Cache County are leading the death investigation. The sources do not yet establish how or why he came to be on the floor, and no cause of death has been given.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Box Elder County Sheriff's Office says deputies found him apparently in medical distress on his cell floor, that nothing suspicious appears to be involved, and that Cache County investigators are leading the death investigation.

Reported by: Box Elder County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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