Matthew Davenport
Matthew Davenport, 39, was held at the Greene County Jail before pretrial release when, according to the Greene County Sheriff's Office, he was found on his bed with a bed sheet around his neck. The sheriff's office said he was released from custody on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, and his family removed him from life support the next day, March 25, 2015, after he had been taken to a local hospital. The sheriff's office attributes the death to suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Greene County Sheriff's Office says Davenport attempted suicide by tying a bed sheet around his neck in his jail cell.
Reported by: Greene County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.