Died in jail or a lockup
Martell Hadley
Martell Hadley, 24, died on February 27, 2016, in his single-person cell at the Berrien County Jail in Michigan. Officers found him hanging, and Sheriff Paul Bailey said Hadley had talked with his girlfriend seven times that day. The sheriff's office said a suicide note was left, and initial autopsy reports list asphyxiation by hanging as the cause of death. The sheriff said more information would be released when the investigation is finished.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The sheriff and initial autopsy reports say Hadley died by hanging in his cell, and the sheriff says a suicide note was left.
Reported by: Berrien County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); initial autopsy reports.