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Keith John

26 years old · died July 31, 2010 · Erie County Holding Center, Erie County, New York

Keith John, 26, died at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo, New York, on July 31, 2010. Erie County Undersheriff Mark Wipperman said he was found hanging from the bars of his cell that Saturday afternoon and was taken to Buffalo General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Wipperman described the death as a suicide and the third at the jail that year. A 2017 Buffalo News report said Keith had a history of mental illness, and an autopsy was scheduled for the following Monday.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Undersheriff Mark Wipperman said Keith John hanged himself from the bars of his cell at the Erie County Holding Center.

Reported by: Erie County Undersheriff Mark Wipperman (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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