Deaths in Custody
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James Arthur Haynes

55 years old · died June 5, 2007 · White County Detention Center, White County, Arkansas

James Arthur Haynes, 55, of Bald Knob, died on June 5, 2007, at the White County Jail in Searcy, Arkansas. According to the sheriff's office, he became ill with nausea and was taken to the jail's medical bay, where he stopped breathing. Emergency medical technicians tried unsuccessfully to revive him, and he was pronounced dead at White County Medical Center. The sheriff's office said he had a history of heart problems, and the death was being investigated by the agency's Criminal Investigation Division.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The White County sheriff's office says he became ill with nausea, stopped breathing in the medical bay and was pronounced dead at a hospital, citing a history of heart problems, and the death is under investigation.

Reported by: White 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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