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Jeremy Tyler Laconsello

20 years old · died August 18, 2014 · Washington County Detention Center, Washington County, Arkansas

Jeremy Tyler Laconsello, 20, of Fort Smith, died at the Washington County Detention Center in Arkansas on the morning of Monday, August 18, 2014. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said he hanged himself from the top bunk of his cell, and that overnight jail checks had not shown anything unusual. Emergency crews were called, and the county coroner pronounced him dead. The sheriff's office said it is conducting an internal investigation into whether its policies were followed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says he hanged himself from the top bunk of his cell, that night checks showed nothing unusual, and that it is investigating whether policies were followed.

Reported by: Washington County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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