Deaths in Custody
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James Allen Selby

37 years old · died November 22, 2004 · Pima County, Arizona

James Allen Selby, 37, was found hanged in his cell at a jail in Pima County, Arizona, on the morning of November 22, 2004, hours before he was due to be sentenced. Jail officials said he was not on suicide watch at the time. The death was recorded as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: jail officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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