Ray Messer
Ray Messer, 45, was held at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program's Moose Lake facility, where he died on August 3, 2013, after an apparent suicide attempt the day before, the Minnesota Department of Human Services said. DHS said it was the first suicide in the program's history. Residents of the facility said self-harm happens more often than officials report. DHS said it would examine razor availability at the facility.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Minnesota Department of Human Services says he died by suicide, the first suicide in the program's history, and residents say self-harm happens more often than officials report.
Reported by: Minnesota Department of Human Services (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.