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Nathan P. Rosas

28 years old · died October 7, 2025 · Washington County Jail, Washington County, Wisconsin

Nathan P. Rosas, 28, died on October 7, 2025, after a fall from a railing on the top tier of the adult housing pod at the Washington County Jail in West Bend, Wisconsin. He was taken to Froedtert Medical Center in Wauwatosa, where he was placed on life support and died. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said he jumped from the railing, and the manner of his death is still listed as pending. An independent review led by the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office is ongoing.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says the fatal fall followed a jump from a top-tier railing in the jail's adult pod, and an outside review led by the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office is ongoing.

Reported by: Washington County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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