Deaths in Custody
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Juan Jimenez

25 years old · died April 19, 2010 · Sumter County Correctional Institution, Sumter County, Georgia

Juan Jimenez, 25, died on April 19, 2010, in his cell at the Sumter County Jail in Americus, Georgia, where he was being held. Authorities said he was found dead around 2:45 a.m. and that preliminary autopsy results indicated he died from self-inflicted strangulation. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Region 3 office in Americus took over the case for further investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Authorities (the agency that held him); news report.

News reports (2)