Deaths in Custody
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Laura Johnson

51 years old · died September 10, 2020 · Clayton County Jail, Clayton County, Iowa

Laura Johnson, 51, of Olin, Iowa, died in the Clayton County Jail in Clayton County in September 2020. The Clayton County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Michael Tschirgi, describes her death as a suicide and says it is investigating. The sheriff's office has not said how she was able to take her own life. The investigation is ongoing.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Clayton County Sheriff's Office describes her death as a suicide while it investigates, and has not said how she took her own life.

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

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