Laurel Leah Leeker
Laurel Leeker, 48, was found unresponsive in her single cell at the Jefferson County Jail in Hillsboro, Missouri, shortly after 5 a.m. on a Sunday in October 2017. Sheriff Dave Marshak's office said the death is being treated as a suicide and that an internal investigation found no signs of foul play. The cause of death was to be determined by the medical examiner's office.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Dave Marshak's office said the death is being treated as a suicide and an internal investigation found no signs of foul play, while the Medical Examiner's Office was to determine the final cause.
Reported by: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.