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Steven Claycamp

61 years old · died April 25, 2017 · Douglas County Correctional Center, Douglas County, Nebraska

Steven Claycamp, 61, died on April 25, 2017, while held at Douglas County Corrections in Nebraska. Neighbors knew him as someone who had lived in his parents' home near 5th and Bancroft streets. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said staff moved him to a secured housing unit, gave him a shot to calm him, and placed him in a restraint chair. The sheriff's office said he began convulsing, lost consciousness, and was pronounced dead at a hospital. The autopsy was scheduled for the day after his death, and its results had not been released, so the cause and manner of death remain pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says staff gave him a sedative shot and put him in a restraint chair, after which he began convulsing; the autopsy results are pending.

Reported by: Douglas 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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