Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Raphaelo Sararo

Essex County, New Jersey

Raphaelo Sararo died in the Newark jail in New Jersey after jumping from a third-floor balcony and landing on the floor below, where he struck his head. The jail's account, as reported in a 1907 Macon Beacon article, describes the death as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A report says Raphaelo Sararo jumped from a third-floor balcony in the Newark jail and killed himself.

Reported by: the report (unnamed in the record).

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