Marshall Nelson
Marshall Nelson, 52, worked as a fire captain. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging from a bedsheet in the Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa on February 26, 2025. The sheriff's office said he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead the following day. The sheriff's office is investigating, and the Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause and manner of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says deputies found him hanging from a bedsheet in his cell and began life-saving efforts, and the Medical Examiner's Office has yet to determine the cause of death.
Reported by: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.