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Matthew Jarrell

41 years old · died May 22, 2011 · South Central Regional Jail, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Matthew Jarrell, 41, was from Terrell, Texas. He was held at the South Central Regional Jail in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where jail officials said he hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 22, 2011. The suicide account comes from Sgt. T.S. Mills and acting chief of operations John Lopez of the regional jail authority, and it is not established by these reports.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jail officials said Matthew hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell at the South Central Regional Jail.

Reported by: Sgt. T.S. Mills (the agency that held him); John Lopez, acting chief of operations, regional jail authority (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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