Lenesto Llorente Freeman
Lenesto Llorente Freeman, 41, of Rome, Georgia, was held at the Polk County Jail, where the Polk County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging by a bed sheet in his cell on April 22, 2021, during a routine cell check. One report said he had been released from custody before Redmond EMS took him to Polk Medical Center, where he died early that morning. The sheriff's office said the death was under investigation, and the county coroner said an autopsy would determine the cause, so the manner of death has not been determined. One account listed suicide as the cause without naming a source, while the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was reported to have said no investigation was needed because the death was not considered an in-custody death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jail staff found him hanging by a bed sheet in his cell and the sheriff's office said the GBI would investigate; a news report lists the cause as suicide, while the coroner said the manner of death has not been determined pending autopsy.
Reported by: Polk County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); county coroner; news report.