Died in jail or a lockup
Paul Metcalf
Paul R. Metcalf died at the Union County jail in North Carolina. Detention officers found him unresponsive in his cell in the early hours of November 6, 2025, and he was taken to a hospital, where he later died. The Union County Sheriff's Office said he had made an apparent suicide attempt. The State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing his death, and the sheriff has asked for an independent review.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Union County Sheriff's Office says Metcalf died by suicide, and the State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the death.
Reported by: Union County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); N.C. State Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).