Deaths in Custody
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Trevon Davis

20 years old · died March 12, 2021 · Grady County Jail, Grady County, Georgia

Trevon Davis, 20, died on March 12, 2021, while held at the Grady County Jail in Cairo, Georgia. A local news account says he had been placed in a medical isolation cell under COVID-19 protocols, and that other people held there found him hanging in his cell before he was taken to a hospital, where he died. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating, and the sheriff's office referred questions to it. A national database of deaths in custody lists suicide as the cause, though no official finding has been released, so the manner of death remains unconfirmed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. News reporting gives the cause as suicide, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating without releasing further details.

Reported by: reporters; Georgia Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).

News reports (2)