Jason John Hamberg
Jason John Hamberg, 20, had lost both of his parents, according to court records, and the state placed him at Anchor House, a Coeur d'Alene home for troubled children. On September 27, 2005, he was found dead in an isolation cell at the Bonner County Jail in Idaho, where he was being held. Bonner County Sheriff's Capt. John Valdez said it appeared he had hanged himself with a bedsheet, and the Idaho State Police investigated the death. The news report said he was not on suicide watch at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Bonner County Sheriff's Capt. John Valdez said Hamberg appeared to have hanged himself with a bedsheet in an isolation cell.
Reported by: Bonner County Sheriff's Office (Capt. John Valdez) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.