Guy Leonard
Guy Leonard died by hanging in his cell at the Chatham County Detention Center in Savannah, Georgia, on September 30, 2016, about three hours after he was booked, according to jail department records reported by Reuters. The jail's medical team later changed his intake form, and the sheriff's department criticized that change. Two guards and a supervisor on duty were fired for neglect of duty and other policy violations, and the sheriff said they could not have prevented the death but were fired for not following protocol. The Savannah Morning News reported that no charges had been filed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Reuters, citing jail department records, reports that Guy Leonard hanged himself with a telephone cord, and the sheriff's department says two guards failed to check his cell in the hour before he died.
Reported by: Reuters (reporters); Chatham County sheriff's department (the agency that held him).