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Ryan Elliot

30 years old · died November 19, 2020 · Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Ryan Elliot, 30, of Middletown, died at the Monmouth County jail in Freehold Township on November 19, 2020. He was found hanging from a bed sheet in his cell early that Thursday morning, and he was pronounced dead at 5:08 a.m. Cynthia Scott, a spokeswoman for the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office, said the death was not considered suspicious and appeared to be a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff's office spokeswoman Cynthia Scott said he was found hanging from a bed sheet in his cell and that the death was not considered suspicious.

Reported by: Monmouth 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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