Died in jail or a lockup
Kenneth Blair Pendergrass
Kenneth Blair Pendergrass, 45, died on September 14, 2026, while held at the Vance County Jail in Vance County, North Carolina. According to the Vance County Sheriff's Office, he was found unresponsive in his cell that evening, and jail staff took him to Maria Parham in Henderson, where he was pronounced dead. The sheriff's office says the death was from an apparent self-inflicted injury and that it is actively investigating.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Vance County Sheriff's Office says he died from an apparent self-inflicted injury and that it is actively investigating.
Reported by: Vance County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.