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Jeremy Busby

died December 31, 2020 · Clarke County Jail, Clarke County, Alabama

Jeremy Busby, a man from Choctaw County, Alabama, died at the Clarke County Jail on December 31, 2020, a facility where Choctaw County's held people were housed after the Choctaw County jail closed. A news report says he hanged himself in a cell in the booking area near the front of the jail, and that the death is being treated as a suicide. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation's inquiry into the death was still open when the report was published, so its findings have not been made public.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A news report says Jeremy Busby hanged himself in the Clarke County Jail, and the death is being treated as a suicide while the Alabama Bureau of Investigation's investigation is still open.

Reported by: news report.

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