Deaths in Custody
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Ross Greenley

38 years old · died June 26, 2024 · Anchorage Correctional Complex, Anchorage, Alaska

Ross Greenley, 38, died on June 26, 2024, at the Anchorage Correctional Complex in Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage police said he went into medical distress while being booked, and that he was in their custody when he reached the jail's booking area. Corrections officials said no force was used against him, and the Department of Corrections said his death would not be counted as a custody death because he had not yet been formally booked. The medical examiner has not determined the cause of death, and the police investigation is ongoing.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Police and corrections officials say Ross Greenley went into medical distress during booking at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, and the cause of death remains under investigation by the Anchorage Police Department and the medical examiner.

Reported by: Anchorage Police Department (the agency that held him); Alaska Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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