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Kathleen Taylor Gunter

25 years old · died January 6, 2018 · Jefferson County Jail, Jefferson County, Alabama

Kathleen Taylor Gunter, 25, of Trussville, died after being held at the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Alabama. According to an Alabama Media Group report cited by Patch, she was found hanging in her cell on a Saturday afternoon in early January 2018. Jail staff performed CPR and took her to UAB Hospital, where she died the following day, January 6, 2018. The report says the evidence points to suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Alabama Media Group, as cited by Patch, reports she hanged herself in her cell and that evidence points to suicide.

Reported by: Alabama Media Group (as cited by Patch) (reporters).

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