George Frederick Jones
George Frederick Jones, 48, of Athens, died on February 20, 2019, while held at the Clarke County Jail in Georgia. According to the Clarke County Sheriff's Office, he was found unresponsive in his cell on a Wednesday morning after another person held there alerted a deputy that he was having a seizure. The sheriff's office said jailers and medical staff gave immediate aid before he was taken to Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The sheriff's office said the death appeared to be a seizure with no signs of foul play, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in and the body sent for autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Clarke County Sheriff's Office said Jones appeared to have had a seizure and that there were no signs of foul play, and the body was sent for autopsy while the GBI investigates.
Reported by: Clarke County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.