Matthew Glenn Hix
Matthew Glenn Hix, 32, died on October 26, 2019, while held at the Newport News jail in Virginia. The Newport News Sheriff's Department said he was found hanging in his cell that Saturday afternoon and was pronounced dead. The sheriff's office said he was found in the cell, and the manner of death is listed as pending. The Sheriff's Department and the Newport News Police Department are each conducting an investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Newport News Sheriff's Department says Hix was found hanging in his cell, and the sheriff's office and Newport News Police are each investigating the death.
Reported by: Newport News Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.