Steve Lee Townsend
Steve Lee Townsend, 18, died on August 9, 2010, in his cell at the Cochise County jail in Arizona, where he was being held before trial. According to a release from spokeswoman Carol Capas, jail officials said he had made a makeshift noose and was found hanging from his bed, and they describe his death as a suicide. Bisbee paramedics were called but could not revive him. The account comes from the jail's own release, and no other sources in this record describe the circumstances.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Cochise County jail officials said Townsend made a makeshift noose and was found hanging from his bed.
Reported by: Cochise County jail officials, per spokeswoman Carol Capas (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.