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Gerald Vincent Williams Jr.

36 years old · died December 25, 2020 · Chester County Detention Center, Chester County, South Carolina

Gerald Vincent Williams Jr., 36, died on December 25, 2020, while held at the Chester County jail in Chester, South Carolina. He was found unresponsive in his cell and was taken to a hospital in Chester, where he died. The Chester County Sheriff's Office and the coroner's office said he died by suicide, but the State Law Enforcement Division and the coroner's office were still investigating and had not released a manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The sheriff's office spokesman Grant Suskin and coroner Terry Tinker say he died by suicide, while the State Law Enforcement Division is still investigating.

Reported by: Chester County Sheriff's Office (spokesman Grant Suskin) (the agency that held him); Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker (medical examiner or coroner); news report.

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