Josh Matthew Grose
Josh Matthew Grose, 34, died in October 2013 while held at the York County Detention Center in York County, South Carolina. The York County Sheriff's Office said he tried to drown himself in his cell toilet and repeatedly struck his head against the cell wall before officers found him unresponsive. He was taken to Piedmont Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The York County Coroner ruled the death a suicide, citing a closed head injury from blunt force trauma to the head; the earlier report described the cause as restraint.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed). The York County coroner and sheriff's office ruled his death a suicide, while a news report gave restraint as the cause.
Reported by: York County Coroner (medical examiner or coroner); York County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); news report.