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Traivus Jyrone Hartsfield

30 years old · died August 9, 2016 · DeSoto County Jail, DeSoto County, Florida

Traivus Jyrone Hartsfield, 30, died on August 9, 2016, while held at the DeSoto County Jail in DeSoto County, Florida. A news report attributes the death to suicide. The available record gives no further account of his circumstances, of the agency's handling of his care or supervision, or of the family's views, and the cause remains the report's claim rather than a confirmed finding.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The news report lists the cause as suicide, with no further account of how it happened.

Reported by: news report.

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