Died in jail or a lockup
Michael Thomas Rascoe
Michael Thomas Rascoe, 55, died in March 2012 while held at the Durham County jail in North Carolina. County and state records list the death as a suicide by hanging from a sheet tied to an air vent. A summary attached to those records says he tied the sheet to his pants and then to the vent, and it places his death within a timeline of vent and window hazards at the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. County and state records say Rascoe hanged himself with a sheet tied to an air vent at the Durham County jail.
Reported by: county and state records.