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Klarissa Nye

33 years old · died January 20, 2020 · Penobscot County Jail, Penobscot County, Maine

Klarissa Nye, 33, died at the Penobscot County Jail in Maine on January 20, 2020. The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office said her death was suspected to be a suicide. A corrections officer found her unresponsive in a bathroom inside a cell block around 1:45 p.m., and Bangor Fire Department personnel could not save her. Another account gave the discovery as just before 2 a.m. and a different time of day, and the Bangor Police Department and the sheriff's office are still investigating.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office said the death is suspected to be a suicide, and Bangor police and the sheriff's office are still investigating.

Reported by: Penobscot County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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