Patrick Flynn
Patrick Flynn, 36, died on May 21, 2018, after hanging himself with a bedsheet tied to the bed in his cell at the Spokane County Jail in Spokane, Washington. The jail released him while he was on life support at a hospital, and he died after release. County officials said he was not an in-custody death, and that claim is disputed by the record of his release while on life support.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed). The record says Flynn hanged himself with a bedsheet in his Spokane County Jail cell, but county officials said he was not an in-custody death, and that claim is contested by the sources listed here.
Reported by: Spokane County Jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.