Marty Rainey
Marty Rainey, 51 or 52, of Sullivan, Missouri, was a former sheriff's deputy. He was found dead in his cell at the Ste. Genevieve County jail on a Saturday morning in March 2016, while awaiting a detention hearing. The sheriff's office said the death appears to be a suicide, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating it as a standard in-custody death. The sheriff's office declined to say whether Rainey had been on suicide watch, and his attorney said federal marshals told him of the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Maj. Jason Schott of the sheriff's office said the death appears to be a suicide, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating it as a standard in-custody death.
Reported by: Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office (Maj. Jason Schott) (the agency that held him); St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as reported by KRCG (reporters).