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Justin Brewer

33 years old · died March 14, 2019 · Shelby County Jail, Shelby County, Tennessee

Justin Brewer, 33, died on March 14, 2019, while held at the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar in Shelby County, Tennessee. Official records, as reported by The Commercial Appeal, say he was found hanging in his cell. He was pronounced brain dead later that day. The official records list his death as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Official records, as reported by The Commercial Appeal, list the death as a suicide.

Reported by: Shelby County Jail (201 Poplar) records, as reported by The Commercial Appeal (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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