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Raquel Fernandez

47 years old · died May 15, 2023 · Henry County Jail, Henry County, Georgia

Raquel Fernandez was 47. She was found unresponsive during a cell check at the Henry County Jail in Georgia on May 12, 2023, five days after she was booked, and she died at a hospital on May 15. The jail said her death appeared to be a suicide, though no official cause was released. The jail's internal affairs unit opened an investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Henry County Jail says the death appears to be a suicide, and the official cause has not been released.

Reported by: Henry County Jail (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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