Joshua M. Wagner
Joshua M. Wagner, 34, died on March 12, 2012, at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska, where he was held in a state prison. Officers found him dead in his cell, and he was pronounced dead at 7:42 p.m. after rescuers performed CPR until an ambulance crew arrived. State corrections spokesman Richard Schmitz said Wagner hanged himself with a bedsheet while alone in his cell and not on suicide watch, and that required checks had been done.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. State corrections spokesman Richard Schmitz says Wagner hanged himself with a bedsheet while alone in his cell and not under suicide watch, and that required checks had been done.
Reported by: State corrections department (spokesman Richard Schmitz) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.