Deaths in Custody
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Samuel Dupont

33 years old · died October 29, 2021 · Riverside Regional Jail, Prince George County, Virginia

Samuel Dupont, 33, died on October 29, 2021, while held at Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County, Virginia, after being transferred there from the Chesterfield County Jail six days earlier. Jail officials, speaking through Lt. Charlene Jones, said the death appears to be a suicide, and the state medical examiner's report had not yet been received, so that finding remains unconfirmed. The death came weeks after the state jail board voted to let the jail stay open under an agreement addressing earlier deaths there.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jail officials say the death appears to be a suicide, while the state medical examiner's report was still pending.

Reported by: Riverside Regional Jail officials, through Lt. Charlene Jones (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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