Died in jail or a lockup
Harley Jefferson Smith
Harley Jefferson Smith, 32, died at the Jefferson County jail in Colorado on November 19, 2015. According to the sheriff's office, a detention deputy found him hanging during a routine walk-through, and the office describes the death as a suicide. Deputies and jail medical staff were said to have tried to save him, and he was pronounced dead about 6:45 p.m. The death is under investigation, with an autopsy scheduled.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The sheriff's office describes the death as a suicide by hanging, and an autopsy is scheduled as the death is investigated.
Reported by: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.