Jeremiah Wendt
Jeremiah Wendt, 40, died at the Gwinnett County Detention Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia, in early February 2021. The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office said a deputy found him unconscious shortly before 6 p.m. on February 3 and that he did not survive. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported his death as a suicide, but the sheriff's office statement it quoted gave no cause of death. Official accounts so far do not say what he was doing or how his health was monitored in the hours before he was found.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office says a deputy found Wendt unconscious just before 6 p.m. and began lifesaving measures, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution describes the death as a suicide.
Reported by: Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Atlanta Journal Constitution (reporters).