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Lane Albritton

23 years old · died November 28, 2016 · Dougherty County Jail, Dougherty County, Georgia

Lane Albritton, 23, of Mitchell County, died on November 28, 2016, while held at the Dougherty County Jail in Georgia. The Dougherty County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging in the infirmary shower around 7 p.m. and that it appears he died by suicide. The sheriff's office is investigating, including reviewing surveillance footage and phone calls, and an autopsy was planned to confirm the cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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

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