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Jaquay Smith

21 years old · died February 5, 2022 · DeKalb County Jail, DeKalb County, Georgia

Jaquay Smith, 21, of Stone Mountain, died on February 5, 2022, after being held at the DeKalb County jail in Georgia. Jail medical staff and DeKalb Fire Rescue treated him, and he was pronounced dead at Grady Memorial Hospital. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office has said the death was an apparent suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office reported the death as an apparent suicide.

Reported by: DeKalb 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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