Horace Gibbs
Horace Gibbs, 63, was a Fulton County man temporarily held at the Cobb County Jail in October 2024 because of overcrowding in Fulton County facilities. According to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, he was found unresponsive in his cell in the early morning and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office ruled his death a homicide, with one outlet reporting strangulation as the cause and another describing a fight with another person held in the cell. The person held in the same cell has been charged in connection with his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a homicide by strangulation, and a cellmate has been charged in connection with it.
Reported by: Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Fulton County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him).