Died in jail or a lockup

Richard Scott Pickett

46 years old · died July 14, 2022 · Edgefield County Detention Center, Edgefield County, South Carolina

Richard Scott Pickett, 46, died on July 14, 2022, while held at the Edgefield County jail in South Carolina. According to Edgefield County deputies, he was found unresponsive in his cell around 2:10 p.m. The coroner's office pronounced him dead, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is leading the investigation. A compiled record by Incarceration Transparency lists the cause as hanging by bed sheets and the manner as suicide, but no autopsy result is given in these sources.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Incarceration Transparency's records say Richard Scott Pickett hanged himself with bed sheets in the Edgefield County Detention Center.

Reported by: Edgefield County deputies (the agency that held him); Incarceration Transparency.

Sources (2)

Incarceration Transparency, South Carolina Deaths Behind Bars (Prof. Madalyn Wasilczuk and Incarceration Transparency) Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, deaths behind bars
2 inmates die within 2 days at jails in the CSRA WRDW, July 14, 2022

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