Mark Tereau
Mark Tereau was 43 when he died on May 12, 2020, while held at the Montgomery County Jail in Clarksville, Tennessee. Deputies found him hanging in his cell less than two hours after he returned from court, and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The autopsy report lists the manner of death as suicide. His father filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the jail failed to provide adequate mental health care and monitoring. The county and the deputies deny those claims.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). The autopsy report lists hanging as the cause; his father's federal lawsuit says the jail failed to provide adequate mental health care and monitoring, and the county and deputies deny the claims.
Reported by: autopsy report; Mark Tereau's father, in a federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers); Montgomery County, Tennessee, and its deputies (the agency that held him).
Lawsuit: His father filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Montgomery County Jail failed to provide adequate mental health care and monitoring, and the county and deputies deny the claims.