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Ryan Bolton

43 years old · died August 15, 2016 · Knox County Detention Facility, Knox County, Tennessee

Ryan Bolton, 43, died on August 15, 2016, while held at the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility in Knox County, Tennessee. The Knox County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging in his cell. He was pronounced dead at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. The sheriff's office is investigating the death as an apparent suicide and said he showed no signs of depression and left no note.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Knox County Sheriff's Office says Bolton died by apparent suicide by hanging and showed no signs of depression and left no note.

Reported by: Knox 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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