Joseph Dillon French
Joseph Dillon French was a 16-year-old student at William Blount High School, and his parents reported him missing from their South Farnum Street home in January. The Blount County Sheriff's Office said he escaped from the Blount County Juvenile Center on the evening of February 20, 2016, after an incident with a corrections officer, who was hospitalized. His body was found the next morning on a greenway in Maryville, and Sheriff James Berrong said it appeared he had died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy was to be performed at the Knox County Regional Forensic Center.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Blount County Sheriff's Office said he appeared to have died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Reported by: Blount County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.