Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Timothy DeHerrera

38 years old · died April 12, 2014

Timothy DeHerrera, 38, died on April 12, 2014, while held at a prison, according to a summary of Montana State Prison officials' statements. Prison spokeswoman Linda Moody said he was found unresponsive in his cell late on a Saturday afternoon with a sheet tied to a cell window, and that he was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. The cause was given as an apparent hanging, and officials said the death is under investigation, so the manner has not been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Montana State Prison spokeswoman Linda Moody said he was found unresponsive in his cell with a sheet tied to a cell window, and the death is under investigation.

Reported by: Montana State Prison officials, spokeswoman Linda Moody (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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