Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Sandy Reaves
Sandy Reaves was a seventeen-year-old Black man. He was being held in the jail at Blackshear, Georgia, when, early on the morning of September 24, 1918, a crowd of about 100 people broke into the jail and took him. His body was later found hanging from a tree near the Atlantic Coast Line shops in Waycross, with gunshot wounds. A coroner's jury found that he died at the hands of unknown parties.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).