Died in jail or a lockup
Musa Cetin
Musa Cetin, 29, worked as a pedicab driver in New York. Law enforcement sources said he was found unconscious in a cell at the Midtown South NYPD precinct headquarters on Friday evening, apparently hanged with a jacket, and he was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he died on August 31, 2025. The NYPD Force Investigation Division is investigating, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's findings are pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Police say he appeared to have hanged himself with a jacket in his cell, and the medical examiner has not yet issued a ruling.
Reported by: NYPD (the agency that held him); Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner).