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Glenn Morrison

33 years old · died April 16, 2018 · Adair County Jail, Adair County, Kentucky

Glenn Morrison, 33, died on April 16, 2018, while held at the Adair County Jail in Columbia, Kentucky. According to a local news report, cellmates told staff he needed help, and jail staff took him to the nurses station and then to TJ Health Columbia, where he was pronounced dead that afternoon. A preliminary autopsy found foreign material in his esophagus and pulmonary edema but no lethal trauma. Columbia police said security footage suggested he had swallowed something before officers reached him, and the full autopsy report and toxicology results were still pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Preliminary autopsy findings noted foreign material in his esophagus and pulmonary edema with no lethal trauma, and police said security footage suggested he had swallowed something, while the full autopsy report and toxicology remain pending.

Reported by: preliminary autopsy; Columbia Police Department (outside investigators).

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