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Jacob Gammons

24 years old · died June 17, 2021 · Crockett County Jail, Crockett County, Tennessee

Jacob Tyler Gammons, 24, died on June 17, 2021, while held at the Crockett County Jail in Crockett County, Tennessee. The Crockett County Sheriff's Department said corrections officers found him dead during hourly routine cell inspections and that the death appeared to be a suicide. The district attorney was notified, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was asked to investigate, and his body was sent to the Shelby County Forensic Center for autopsy.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Troy Klyce's office said the death appeared to be a suicide, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was asked to investigate.

Reported by: Crockett County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him); Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).

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