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Joseph Martinez

47 years old · died January 2015 · Jefferson County Detention Facility, Jefferson County, Colorado

Joseph Martinez, 47, died in January 2015 while held at the Jefferson County jail in Colorado, two days after he was taken into custody there. Westword reported that he hanged himself. Joseph Martinez was a man who died in a jail cell.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Joseph Martinez reportedly hanged himself in the Jefferson County jail.

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