John White
John White was a former pastor of Christ Community Fellowship church in Deerfield Township. He was 56 years old and was held at the Michigan Reformatory, a state prison in Ionia, when he died in his cell in the early hours of August 28, 2013. The Michigan Department of Corrections said he hanged himself, and that a preliminary investigation found his death was asphyxiation by suicide. Officials pronounced him dead early that morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Michigan Department of Corrections says he hanged himself in his cell, and a preliminary investigation found asphyxiation by suicide.
Reported by: Michigan Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
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