Michael Stutsman
Michael Stutsman was engaged to be married in December, according to his father, Dave Stutsman. He died on April 8, 2015, in the shower area of the Adams County jail in Brighton, Colorado. Family members and jail officials have described his death as a suicide by hanging. A report by county prosecutors said he had been alone in the shower area for about an hour before another person found him hanging from a bedsheet. His father said he had spoken with his son that morning and wished he had called someone, and the district attorney's review found no criminal negligence by jail staff.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Michael's family says he wrote several letters to relatives before his death, and his father says he wished he had called someone after talking with his son that morning; county prosecutors say he was alone for about an hour before another person found him hanging, and their review found no criminal negligence by jail staff.
Reported by: family, including his father Dave Stutsman (family or their lawyers); Adams County jail officials, as reported by the Post (the agency that held him); county prosecutors.