Richard Billings, Jr.
Richard Billings, Jr. was 38. Before he died, he wrote a 45-page manuscript explaining his reasons and sent his parents his last will and testament. The Washington Department of Corrections said he died by suicide, hanging in his cell at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center near Aberdeen just after 3 a.m. on January 13, 2014. Sources report a long history of suicide attempts, and that he had been taken off suicide watch and moved to a single cell shortly before his death, a move his therapist later said should not have happened.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Washington Department of Corrections says he hanged himself in his cell, and the account notes that he had been taken off suicide watch and moved to a single cell shortly before his death, which his therapist later said should not have happened.
Reported by: Washington Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.