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Kendall Chatter

died November 25, 2018 · Staton Correctional Facility, Elmore County, Alabama

Kendall Chatter died on November 25, 2018, in a cell in the temporary holding unit at Staton prison in Alabama. According to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, he hanged himself in the cell. The ruling says he was yelling and banging on his cell before his death, and that a shift supervisor was later reprimanded for allowing that to continue. The account comes from the court ruling, and no other source about his death was provided.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson's ruling says a shift supervisor was reprimanded for failing to act while Kendall Chatter was in distress before he hanged himself in a temporary holding unit cell.

Reported by: U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson (court).

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