Kristy Jenkins
Kristy Jenkins, 25, of Hancock, Maryland, died after she was found hanging by a sheet from a partition in a jail bathroom in Washington County. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said deputies found her during rounds, revived her, and that she was pronounced dead later at Meritus Medical Center. The sheriff's office said she had been alive and well about 30 minutes before deputies found her, and it described her death as an apparent suicide. That half-hour window is the sheriff's office's account and is not independently verified in the reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says Kristy Jenkins apparently hanged herself from a partition in a jail bathroom and was pronounced dead at Meritus Medical Center.
Reported by: Washington County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.