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James Mills

53 years old · died July 17, 2018 · Pinellas County Jail, Pinellas County, Florida

James Mills, 53, was held at the Pinellas County Jail in Florida when, in June 2018, he was injured during an argument with another man and fell, striking his head on the concrete floor, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. He was treated at Northside Hospital, where he later could not speak and relied on a feeding tube, and he was moved to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, where he died on July 17, 2018. The sheriff's office said the medical examiner is conducting an autopsy to determine the official cause and manner of death, which remain pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says James was hurt in an argument with another man in the jail and then fell and struck his head, and the medical examiner has not yet ruled on the cause or manner of death.

Reported by: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deputies (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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