Deaths in Custody
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Marvin Buckmaster

66 years old · died November 16, 2019 · Lake County Hill Road Jail, Lake County, California

Marvin Buckmaster, 66, died on November 16, 2019, while held at the Lake County Jail in Lakeport, California. Lt. Richard Ward of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said he was found unresponsive in his bunk in a dormitory-style area shortly before 3 a.m. that Saturday. Investigators from the sheriff's office and district attorney's office responded under the jail's in-custody death protocol. The sheriff's office said foul play was not suspected, and the cause of death is pending an autopsy.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Lake 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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