Pedro Vega, Jr.
Pedro Vega, Jr. died in his cell at the Polk County jail in Bartow, Florida, on September 3, 2017. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said it is investigating the death as a suicide by hanging. A deputy saw him standing in his cell at 5:57 p.m., but deputies did not find him slouched against a wall until 6:09 p.m., even though policy called for checks every 15 minutes. He was pronounced dead at a hospital in Sebring.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Polk County Sheriff's Office says he died by suicide, but the article notes that the required 15-minute check was not followed, with no check between 5:57 and 6:09 p.m.
Reported by: Polk County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.