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Thomas A. Wyss

59 years old · died August 2014 · Johnson County Jail, Johnson County, Indiana

Thomas A. Wyss, 59, of Whiteland, collapsed in a holding cell at the Johnson County Jail in Indiana over the weekend of August 30-31, 2014, while sharing the cell with another person. Thomas A. Wyss was taken to a hospital, where the death was pronounced. Sheriff Doug Cox said preliminary information and a review of security video showed nothing suspicious. An autopsy was scheduled for the following Tuesday, and the death could be examined as part of a state police review of the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Sheriff Doug Cox said preliminary information and security video showed nothing suspicious, and an autopsy was still pending.

Reported by: Johnson County Sheriff Doug Cox (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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