Died in jail or a lockup
Philip Daniel Jacobs
Philip Jacobs, 56, of Cottonwood, was found dead in his cell at the Shasta County jail in Redding, California, on April 12, 2017. Redding police said he had taken his own life and that he was alone in the cell at the time. The Los Angeles Times and KRCR reported the death as a suspected suicide, and no source describes the jail's monitoring of him or any other care he received before he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Redding police said Philip Jacobs took his own life in his cell at the Shasta County jail and gave no other details.
Reported by: Redding police (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.