John William Gluth Jr.
John William Gluth Jr., 44, died on June 10, 2016, while held at the Gaston County Jail in North Carolina. Jail staff found him hanging in his cell, and he died at CaroMont Regional Medical Center, according to the Gaston Gazette. The Gaston County Sheriff's Office said his death was a suicide and that no foul play is suspected, and it said an investigation was continuing. The state's list of jail deaths for 2015 to 2017 also records the death as a suicide in the Gaston County jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Gaston County Sheriff's Office says Gluth hanged himself in his cell and that no foul play is suspected, while the state's jail-death list also records suicide.
Reported by: Gaston County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.