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Gavin Glasz

18 years old · died August 13, 2017 · Clinton County Jail, Clinton County, Iowa

Gavin Glasz, 18, died on August 13, 2017, while held at the Clinton County Jail in Clinton County, Iowa. The sheriff's office said he hanged himself with a bed sheet and that a note he wrote meant there was no suspicion of foul play. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the sheriff's office were still investigating, and the state medical examiner was to determine the cause and manner of death after an autopsy.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The sheriff's office says Gavin hanged himself with a bed sheet, and a note he wrote means there is no suspicion of foul play; the state medical examiner's ruling is pending.

Reported by: Clinton 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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