Died in jail or a lockup
Jeff Mendoza
Jeff Mendoza died on February 27, 2021, while held at the Lehigh County Jail in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. A news report lists the cause of death as suicide. The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency lists the manner of death as suicide, as reported by the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A news report and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency list the death as a suicide at Lehigh County Jail.
Reported by: news report; Lehigh County Jail (the agency that held him); Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (outside investigators).