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Michael Allen Reidell

56 years old · died June 2, 2022 · Graham County Adult Detention Center, Graham County, Arizona

Michael Allen Reidell, 56, was found with a self-inflicted laceration in the Graham County Jail in Safford, Arizona, on June 2, 2022. The Graham County Sheriff's Office attributed his death to the wound and classed it as a suicide. He was taken by ambulance to Mt. Graham Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The sheriff's office said a note was found in his cell. An autopsy by the Pima County Medical Examiner was planned, and the manner of death remains pending that investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Graham 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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