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Justin Bradley

23 years old · died September 20, 2014 · Hamilton County Jail, Hamilton County

Justin Bradley, 23, died at the Hamilton County Jail on September 20, 2014. Sheriff's office spokeswoman Janice Atkinson said he hanged himself with a bed sheet early that morning. Less than 24 hours earlier, he had been moved from a first-floor area where people with mental health issues were housed to an isolation cell. Jail staff found him not breathing, and he was pronounced dead at Erlanger hospital around 1:15 a.m.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff's office spokeswoman Janice Atkinson said he hanged himself with a bed sheet in the jail.

Reported by: Sheriff's office spokeswoman Janice Atkinson (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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