Thomas Dewey Perry
Thomas Dewey Perry, 58, died on May 15, 2017, while held at the Carter County Detention Center in Carter County, Tennessee. Sheriff Dexter Lunceford said corrections officers reportedly found him hanging in his cell that Monday afternoon, and the sheriff's office described the death as a suicide. He was taken to Sycamore Shoals Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death as an in-custody death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Carter County Sheriff Dexter Lunceford said corrections officers found Perry hanging in his cell, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death as an in-custody death.
Reported by: Carter County Sheriff Dexter Lunceford (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.