Deaths in Custody
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Joshua Dashiell

38 years old · died January 31, 2020 · Philadelphia Police Detention Unit, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Joshua Dashiell, 38, died on January 31, 2020, at Philadelphia Police Detention Unit in Philadelphia County. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as accident.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Philadelphia Police Detention Unit recorded the manner of death as accident.

Reported by: Philadelphia Police Detention Unit (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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