Died in jail or a lockup
Jonathan Ellis
Jonathan Ellis died by suicide at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia, in December, according to a Daily Press report. The jail's superintendent at the time said there were not enough staff members to keep watch over the people held there.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The jail's superintendent at the time said there were not enough staff to keep watch over inmates.
Reported by: Hampton Roads Regional Jail (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.