Deaths in Custody
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Jeffery Thomas Morris

46 years old · died October 26, 2019 · Edgecombe County Detention Center, Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Jeffery Thomas Morris, 46, died while held at the Edgecombe County Detention Center in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, on October 26, 2019. A news report attributes his death to suicide. The record I was given does not describe his family, work, or the circumstances leading up to his death. It also does not say how staff monitored him or responded before he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A news report lists the cause as suicide; no other account of the death is given.

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