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Henry Lee Walker

59 years old · died September 27, 2020 · Brevard County Jail Complex, Brevard County, Florida

Henry Lee Walker, 59, of Cocoa, was a construction worker, according to police reports. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office said he died on September 27, 2020, after being found in his cell at the Brevard County Jail, with a sheet wrapped around his neck and attached to his bed frame. The Sheriff's Office said preliminary evidence indicates he killed himself, and he was taken to Rockledge Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The medical examiner's autopsy was still pending when the report was published.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office says Walker killed himself with a sheet wrapped around his neck and tied to his bed frame, and the medical examiner's autopsy was pending.

Reported by: Brevard County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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