Deaths in Custody
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Mark Forcum

31 years old · died December 17, 2023 · Washoe County Detention Facility, Washoe County, Nevada

Mark Forcum, 31, died at the Washoe County Jail in Nevada on December 17, 2023. The Washoe County Sheriff's Office said he died by suicide by hanging in his cell. Sheriff's deputies found him in the cell on the evening of that day, and he was later pronounced dead.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Washoe County Sheriff's Office attributes the death to suicide by hanging.

Reported by: Washoe 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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