Deaths in Custody
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Harry Almstead

39 years old · died October 27, 2017 · Bulloch County Jail, Bulloch County, Georgia

Harry Almstead, 39, died on October 27, 2017, while held at the Bulloch County Jail in Statesboro, Georgia. According to a news report, he was found hanging in his cell during a scheduled security check around 12:45 a.m., and he was pronounced dead at the scene after EMS was called. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the medical examiner attributed the death to suicide, with the medical examiner's ruling made after an autopsy.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Georgia Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators); medical examiner or coroner.

News reports (2)