Jessep Carter
Jessep Carter died at the Jackson County Detention Center in Missouri in September 2018, while held there before trial. The jail said staff found him shortly before 4:30 a.m. and that he was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital, and it described the death as an apparent suicide. Jackson County officials said an internal investigation is standard protocol, and the sheriff's office is also investigating. A Kansas City attorney called for an FBI investigation and said the jail must be held accountable for keeping people safe.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed). Jackson County officials said the death appeared to be a suicide, and a Kansas City attorney has called for an FBI investigation and said the jail must be held accountable for keeping people safe.
Reported by: Jackson County Detention Center statement (the agency that held him); Jackson County Department of Corrections Director Diana Turner (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.