Ryan Hein
Ryan Hein, 26, died on January 20, 2017, while held at the LaPorte County Jail in LaPorte, Indiana. The sheriff's office says he died by suicide by asphyxiation. Police say he hanged himself with a bed sheet tied to a shelf in his cell and that he had been checked on about 20 minutes earlier and appeared fine. A deputy's cell check around 8:10 p.m. was followed about 23 minutes later by a supervisor's check, when he was found. The investigation was ongoing at the time of reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The LaPorte County Sheriff's Office says Ryan Hein died by asphyxiation as a suicide, and a supervisor's check about 23 minutes after a deputy's 8:10 p.m. check found him unresponsive, though no account in these records says a required check was missed.
Reported by: LaPorte County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); LaPorte County Police Chief Deputy Ron Heeg (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.