John Burbine
John Burbine, 50, of Wakefield, was held at the Middlesex County Jail in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On the morning of Friday, March 7, 2014, he was found in his cell, and the Middlesex County Sheriff's Office said he had made an apparent suicide attempt. A later Boston Globe report describes him as found hanging by a sheet and records his death as a suicide. The sheriff's office said an internal investigation had begun and that the case was referred to State Police and the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Middlesex County Sheriff's Office said he was found in his cell after an apparent suicide attempt, and an internal investigation and a referral to State Police and the district attorney followed.
Reported by: Middlesex County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Massachusetts General Hospital (medical examiner or coroner).