Deaths in Custody
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Robert Jones

49 years old · died December 13, 2017 · Jefferson County Jail, Jefferson County, Arkansas

Robert Jones, 49, of Pine Bluff, was held at the W.C. "Dub" Brassell Adult Detention Center in Jefferson County, Arkansas. On December 13, 2017, jail medical staff and deputies found him in his cell during a routine security check, and the county coroner pronounced him dead. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the cause of death was not immediately apparent and has asked the state medical examiner for an autopsy. The manner of his death has not been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Jefferson County 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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