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Ryan Scott Maddox

28 years old · died May 5, 2014 · Kent County Correctional Facility, Kent County, Michigan

Ryan Scott Maddox, 28, died in his cell at the Kent County Correctional Facility in Michigan on May 5, 2014, where he was being held. He was found unresponsive in the cell. The Kent County Sheriff's Office said an autopsy ruled his death a suicide by asphyxiation. The news report noted that it was the third death at the jail since March 2014.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Kent County Sheriff's Office says an autopsy ruled Ryan Scott Maddox's death a suicide by asphyxiation.

Reported by: Kent 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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