Deaths in Custody
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Michael Meighan

51 years old · died January 6, 2021 · Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Michael Meighan, 51, died on January 6, 2021, in Philadelphia County, in the custody of the Philadelphia Police Department. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Philadelphia Police Department recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: Philadelphia Police Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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