Deaths in Custody
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Jonte Gerbell Smith

21 years old · died December 12, 2021 · RSW Regional Jail, Warren County, Virginia

Jonte Gerbell Smith, 21, of Manassas, died on December 12, 2021, while in custody at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail in Warren County, Virginia. According to a jail news release, staff found him unresponsive during security rounds that Sunday, and he was pronounced dead at Warren Memorial Hospital. The Warren County Sheriff's Office was called in to investigate, and the jail said more information would follow. The cause and manner of death had not been stated.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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