Deaths in Custody
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Ryan Mazzariello

26 years old · died January 17, 2013 · Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, Stanislaus County, California

Ryan Mazzariello was 26, and friends said he had served in the military and lived with post-traumatic stress disorder. He was held in a single-person cell at the Stanislaus County Jail in Modesto, California, where he was found unresponsive on the morning of January 17, 2013. Sheriff's officials said he had no signs of trauma and that the coroner's autopsy could not determine a cause of death while toxicology results were pending. Police, in a news release, said an autopsy found no signs of foul play, and the manner of his death remains pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); the county coroner.

News reports (2)