Tyreak Delapierre
Tyreak Delapierre, 26, died on June 25, 2026, while held at the Clayton County Jail in Jonesboro, Georgia, in a medical housing unit cell because of a serious illness that had recently required treatment at Emory University Hospital. He was found unresponsive in his cell, and he was pronounced dead at Southern Regional Medical Center. The Clayton County Sheriff's Office says he was found with a torn bedsheet around his neck and is treating the death as an apparent suicide. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Clayton County Medical Examiner's Office are reviewing the case, and the official cause and manner of death have not yet been determined.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Clayton County Sheriff's Office says the death is being investigated as an apparent suicide, with the GBI and the medical examiner yet to issue an official cause and manner.
Reported by: Clayton County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Georgia Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).