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Tommy Wayne Pardew Sr.

died May 2019 · Harford County Detention Center, Harford County, Maryland

Tommy Wayne Pardew Sr. died by hanging in his cell at the Harford County Detention Center in Maryland in May 2019, while on suicide watch, about three weeks after Marlyn Barnes died at the same jail. He had been flagged as having suicidal ideations when he entered the jail. The Appeal reported that it is unclear how he was able to hang himself, and that the investigation into his death has been closed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Pardew was flagged for suicidal ideations when he entered the jail and was on suicide watch when he hanged himself in his cell, but the article does not say how he was able to do so.

Reported by: Harford County Detention Center (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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