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Pao Lee

65 years old · died September 14, 2025 · Sheboygan County Adult Detention Center, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Pao Lee, 65, died on September 14, 2025, at the Sheboygan County Detention Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office reports say a correctional officer found him unresponsive in a housing unit shower during a security check. One outlet reported that the sheriff's office confirmed the death was a suicide, while another account says no cause or manner has been released. The Sheboygan County Medical Examiner and the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office are investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office reportedly said the death was a suicide, while the medical examiner and the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office have not released a cause or manner.

Reported by: Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Sheboygan County Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office (outside investigators).

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