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Randall Thomas Hanley

38 years old · died June 25, 2020 · Lumpkin County Detention Center, Lumpkin County, Georgia

Randall Thomas Hanley, 38, of Dahlonega, died on June 25, 2020, while held at the Lumpkin County Jail in Georgia. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating independently, said he was found hanging in his cell and that its preliminary finding is self-inflicted hanging. He was pronounced dead at Northeast Georgia Medical Center around 7:00 p.m. An autopsy was scheduled for June 27, 2020.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's preliminary finding is that he hanged himself in his cell at the Lumpkin County Jail.

Reported by: Georgia Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).

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