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Tony Long

36 years old · died August 3, 2017 · Brunswick County Detention Center, Brunswick County, North Carolina

Tony Long, 36, died on August 3, 2017, while held at the Brunswick County Detention Center in North Carolina. According to the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, he was found unresponsive in his cell on a Thursday morning, and detention medical staff gave him first aid, but attempts to revive him failed. The sheriff's Office of Professional Standards reported finding no evidence of foul play or suicide, and an autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause of death. The state's later list of jail deaths also records his death at the Brunswick County jail on the same date.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office said it found no evidence of foul play or suicide and that an autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause of death.

Reported by: Brunswick County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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