Deaths in Custody
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Scott Lee Ashbaugh

28 years old · died November 4, 2019 · Jackson County Jail, Jackson County, Oregon

Scott Lee Ashbaugh, 28, died on November 4, 2019, while held at the Jackson County Jail in Medford, Oregon. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said he was found unresponsive in his cell during a routine check that evening. The sheriff's office said preliminary results indicated an apparent suicide, and an autopsy was scheduled to confirm the cause and manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says preliminary results indicate an apparent suicide, with an autopsy scheduled to confirm.

Reported by: Jackson 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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