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Jonathan Lee Carter

24 years old · died December 20, 2011 · Madison County Criminal Justice Complex, Madison County, Tennessee

Jonathan Lee Carter, 24, died on December 20, 2011, while held at the J. Alexander Leech Criminal Justice Complex in Madison County, Tennessee. Sheriff David Woolfork's office said Carter had been placed in isolation on suicide watch after saying he would kill himself, and that he was found hanged that Tuesday night. The sheriff's office said the manner of death is pending, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is helping determine how it happened.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Sheriff David Woolfork said Carter was found hanged after he had said he would kill himself, and the manner of death is still pending with help from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Reported by: Sheriff David Woolfork (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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