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Terry Allen Spencer

38 years old · died November 4, 2021 · Fayette County Detention Center, Fayette County, Kentucky

Terry Allen Spencer, 38, died on November 4, 2021, in his bed in a general population cell at the Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington, Kentucky, where he was held. Unnamed sources told WTVQ that he hanged himself with a bed sheet. Lexington Police and the Coroner's Office are investigating the cause and manner of his death, and the coroner pronounced him dead at the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Unnamed sources told WTVQ he hanged himself with a bed sheet, while police and the coroner are still investigating.

Reported by: unnamed sources told WTVQ (reporters).

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