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Nenya Edjah

23 years old · died October 2022 · San Francisco County Jail No. 3, San Francisco County, California

Nenya Edjah, 23, died in October 2022 at San Francisco General Hospital after he was found injured from a suicide attempt at County Jail No. 3 in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office, through spokesperson Christian Kropff, said the death is suicide-related. The office declined to release further information, citing an open investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The San Francisco Sheriff's Office said Nenya Edjah was found injured from a suicide attempt at County Jail No. 3 and later died at San Francisco General Hospital.

Reported by: San Francisco 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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