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Lance Storz

50 years old · died February 28, 2023 · Pike County Detention Center, Pike County, Kentucky

Lance Storz, 50, died on February 28, 2023, while held at the Pike County Detention Center in Kentucky, and was pronounced dead at Pikeville Medical Center. Prosecutors and the Floyd County sheriff said the death appeared to be a suicide. A Pike County grand jury reviewed testimony, evidence and surveillance video, and agreed with the medical examiner that he died by hanging and acted alone. According to the grand jury account, cellmates entered the cell several times before he was found in a shower stall at 6:36 a.m., without seeing him. The Pikeville Police Department, Kentucky State Police and the coroner's office investigated the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Prosecutor Brent Turner and Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt say he hanged himself, and a Pike County grand jury agreed with the medical examiner that he died by hanging; cellmates entered the cell several times without seeing him before he was found in a shower stall at 6:36 a.m.

Reported by: Floyd County Commonwealth's Attorney Brent Turner; Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt (the agency that held him); Pike County grand jury (court); Pike County medical examiner (medical examiner or coroner); cellmates.

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