Deaths in Custody
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Renae Ray Carter

64 years old · died December 5, 2023 · John E. Goode Pretrial Detention Facility, Duval County, Florida

Renae Ray Carter, 64, died in the Duval County Jail in Jacksonville in early December 2023, where he had been held in isolation since late November. Sources say he was homeless, and the article names an advocate for people experiencing homelessness but gives no details about his family or life. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, officers spoke with him through his cell door on rounds before he stopped responding, and they found him lying under his bunk. He was pronounced dead shortly after medical staff were called, and the cause of death is pending an autopsy and an internal investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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