Died in jail or a lockup
Rebecca Hayhurd
Rebecca Hayhurd died on March 17, 2015, while she was held at the Washoe County Jail in Nevada. According to Prison Legal News, which cited a Reno Gazette-Journal investigation, she died by hanging, using her pants tied to an anchor point on her bunk, and a video camera recorded the events. The account treats her death as a suicide. The same investigation reported that her death was one of several suicides among 13 deaths at the jail in the two years after a new sheriff took office.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: Reno Gazette-Journal investigation (reporters).