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Jamie Shawn Cook

30 years old · died July 10, 2014 · Catoosa County Jail, Catoosa County, Georgia

Jamie Shawn Cook, 30, was held at the Catoosa County Jail in Georgia. According to Sheriff Gary Sisk, jail officers found Cook hanging in a cell early on July 10, 2014, and Cook died that afternoon at an area hospital.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Gary Sisk said jail officers found Cook hanging in his cell and he died later that afternoon at a hospital.

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

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