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Tyler R. Mraz

23 years old · died September 24, 2017 · Lake County Detention Center, Lake County, Florida

Tyler R. Mraz, 23, of Eustis, died while held at the Lake County Jail in Tavares. The Lake County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging in his cell and that his death was a suicide, and Sheriff's Lt. John Herrell said he was not on suicide watch and had no disciplinary problems. The sheriff's office said he was found unconscious the morning after his arrest and died later at a hospital. Detectives are investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff's Lt. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff's Office says Mraz was found hanging in his cell and was not on suicide watch.

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

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