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Marcos Torres-Diaz

42 years old · died July 15, 2020 · DeKalb County Jail, DeKalb County, Georgia

Marcos Torres-Diaz, 42, of Atlanta, was held at the DeKalb County jail, where he was housed in a COVID-19 quarantine unit. On Monday, July 13, 2020, he was found unresponsive and taken to DeKalb Medical Center. He died there on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said his death was an apparent suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says his death was an apparent suicide.

Reported by: DeKalb 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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