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Kelvin Thomas Taylor

48 years old · died November 25, 2016 · Spartanburg County Main Jail, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Kelvin Thomas Taylor, 48, died at the Spartanburg County Detention Facility in South Carolina on November 25, 2016. He had been injured in a crash in Greenville and was later transferred to the Spartanburg County jail, where he was found hanging in his cell. The Spartanburg County coroner's office, through Rusty Clevenger, said an autopsy found his cause of death to be strangulation by hanging. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating, and the available account gives no further detail on how he came to be found.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Spartanburg County coroner's office says an autopsy found death by strangulation by hanging, and the State Law Enforcement Division is investigating.

Reported by: Rusty Clevenger, Spartanburg County coroner's office (medical examiner or coroner).

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