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Seth Alexander King

23 years old · died February 2021 · Rockingham County Detention Center, Rockingham County, North Carolina

Seth Alexander King, 23, of Reidsville, was held at the Rockingham County Detention Facility in February 2021. Detention officers found that he had tried to end his life, and he was rushed to a hospital in the Triad area, where he died. Sheriff Sam Page said the death was one of three suicides at the Rockingham County Jail that month, and that the deaths prompted plans for more suicide-risk training and possibly more staff. The sheriff's office and the State Bureau of Investigation are both investigating the deaths.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Sam Page said Seth Alexander King died by suicide while held at the Rockingham County jail; the State Bureau of Investigation and the sheriff's office are investigating.

Reported by: Sheriff Sam Page, Rockingham 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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