Deaths in Custody
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Paul John Wadman

died April 29, 2014 · Lowndes County Jail, Lowndes County, Georgia

Paul John Wadman died at the Lowndes County Jail in Valdosta, Georgia, on April 29, 2014. The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office said an officer found him unresponsive in his cell after he had hanged himself with a bed sheet. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death, and an autopsy was planned to determine the cause. The sheriff's account is the only one available so far, and his family was notified.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Lowndes 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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