Died in jail or a lockup
Maury Troy Travis
Maury Troy Travis was found hanging from a bed sheet tied to an air vent in his one-man cell on the eighth floor of the St. Louis County Justice Center on June 10, 2002. Jail officials classified the death as a suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jail officials said he hanged himself with a bed sheet tied to an air vent in his cell, and the Post-Dispatch reported the same finding.
Reported by: St. Louis County Justice Center officials (the agency that held him); St. Louis Post-Dispatch (reporters).