Deaths in Custody
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James Martin

41 years old · died March 8, 2023 · Cobb County Adult Detention Center, Cobb County, Georgia

James Martin, 41, died on March 8, 2023, while held at the Cobb County jail in Georgia. According to the Cobb County Sheriff's Office, he told staff he felt unwell and was placed in the infirmary under observation, then had a seizure. Medical staff gave him Narcan and tried to save him, but he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked to investigate his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Cobb County Sheriff's Office says he had a seizure after telling staff he felt unwell, and that staff gave him Narcan and tried to save him before he died in the ambulance.

Reported by: Cobb 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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