Rachel Dembek
Rachel Dembek, 19, died on February 27, 2013, at the Hardin County Detention Center in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, where she was held. Jailer Danny Allen said she tried to hang herself in a women's housing pod and that another person held there found her, and the sources say she died the following day. Allen said her parents visited the day before her death and that she seemed upbeat and expected to leave in seven days. The sources report that she had a long history of mental health treatment, and her attorney said he was saddened by her death. Allen said she had shown no sign of suicidal intent, and Kentucky State Police investigated the death without suspecting foul play.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jailer Danny Allen said Rachel Dembek tried to hang herself in a women's housing pod and showed no sign of suicidal intent.
Reported by: Jailer Danny Allen, Hardin County Detention Center (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.