Deaths in Custody
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Joseph Anthony Hicks

39 years old · died August 18, 2015 · Montgomery County Jail, Montgomery County, Virginia

Joseph Anthony Hicks, 39, died on August 18, 2015, while held at the Montgomery County Jail in Montgomery County, Virginia. A news report gave an overdose as the cause of his death. That cause comes from the news report, not from a statement by the jail or a coroner.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. A news report lists the cause as overdose, with no further detail on how it was determined.

Reported by: news report.

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