Roger Ward
Roger Ward, 52, was held at the Merrimack County jail in Boscawen, New Hampshire, when he died on December 20, 2016. Investigators and jail officials say he took his own life in his single-occupancy cell with a piece of metal from a soft arm brace he wore after a wrist injury. Jail officials said he was not on suicide watch because he had shown no signs he was suicidal, and that staff responded according to policy. The internal review of his death was still ongoing when the article was published. He is survived by his mother, two sons and a brother, and was laid to rest in Summersville, Kentucky.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Investigators and Merrimack County jail Superintendent Ross Cunningham say Roger Ward died by suicide with a piece of metal from an arm brace.
Reported by: Merrimack County jail Superintendent Ross Cunningham (the agency that held him); Deputy Sheriff Jim Ryba (the agency that held him); investigators.