Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Jerry Preyer

45 years old · died 2006 · Escambia County, Florida

Jerry Preyer, 45, died in 2006 while held at a jail in Escambia County, Florida. According to a Type Investigations report, he lived with a severe mental illness. The report says officers shocked him twice with a Taser while he was in custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The article reports that he was shocked twice by a Taser while held there but does not give an official cause or manner of death.

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