Died in jail or a lockup
Gregory Devon Gibson
Gregory Devon Gibson was about 20 years old when he died in August 1998 in his cell at the Durham County jail in North Carolina. County and state records list the death as a suicide, with a sheet tied around a window bar. The Durham Herald Sun reported in 2018 that his death led to the modification of the first 144 window bars at the jail in 1999.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. County and state records say Gibson hanged himself from a sheet tied around a window bar in his Durham County jail cell.
Reported by: county and state records.