Kent Hickey
Kent Hickey, 54, died on July 26, 2022, in his cell at the Martinez Detention Facility in Martinez, California, where he was held. According to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office, a deputy found him hanging from a bedsheet during a 4:25 p.m. cell check, and the department said his death was an apparent suicide. The sheriff's office said he was pronounced dead at the scene, and the sheriff's office and the county district attorney's office are investigating. Early notice of the death did not give his name or age.m. were carried out on schedule.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office says Kent Hickey died by apparent suicide by hanging from a bedsheet, found during a 4:25 p.m. cell check.
Reported by: Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.