Deaths in Custody
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Russell Leigh Smith

41 years old · died February 18, 2012 · Osceola County Correctional Facility, Osceola County, Florida

Russell Leigh Smith, 41, died at the Osceola County Jail in Florida. The sheriff's office said he apparently hanged himself and that his cell mate found him hanging on a Saturday night. He had recently arrived at the jail from another facility.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The sheriff's office says Smith apparently hanged himself after his cellmate found him hanging.

Reported by: Osceola County Jail 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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