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Jeremy Dillon

36 years old · died December 1, 2022 · Neuse Correctional Institution, Wayne County, North Carolina

Jeremy Dillon, 36, died on December 1, 2022, at Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro, North Carolina. According to the Charlotte Observer's account of prison records, he was on mental health watch and had been placed in isolation at the prison three days before he hanged himself from the window bars of his cell. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety says the death appears to be a suicide and that it is cooperating with a law enforcement investigation and its own review.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Department of Public Safety says the death appears to be a suicide, and the Observer's account of prison records says he hanged himself from window bars while on mental health watch, three days after being placed in isolation there.

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him); the Observer's account of prison records (reporters).

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