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Sarah Maillet

34 years old · died October 12, 2017 · Garfield County Jail, Garfield County

Sarah Maillet, 34, of Gypsum, died in her cell at the Garfield County Jail on Thursday, October 12, 2017. The Garfield County Sheriff's Office said she was found hanging, that she used her thermal underwear to make a noose, and that she was not on suicide watch at the time. She was taken to Valley View Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The coroner has not determined the cause or manner of her death, and an autopsy and toxicology analysis are pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Garfield County Sheriff's Office says she hanged herself with her thermal underwear while not on suicide watch, though the coroner has not yet ruled on the cause or manner of death.

Reported by: Garfield County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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