Michael Aston
Michael Aston, 43, died at the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis on July 26, 2021. Jail deputies found him unresponsive around 9:47 p.m., and emergency responders pronounced him dead shortly after arriving, at about 10:09 p.m. according to another report. The Marion County Sheriff's Office said preliminary information indicates he died by suicide by hanging, that he was not housed in the suicide housing unit, and that he was experiencing substance withdrawal. IMPD is investigating the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Marion County Sheriff's Office says preliminary information indicates suicide by hanging, and that he was not in the suicide housing unit and had shown no suicidal tendencies.
Reported by: Marion County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.