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Tyson Evans

died September 2, 2019 · Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, Butts County, Georgia

Tyson Evans died on September 2, 2019, while held at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections said its officers found him in his cell, and it is investigating his death as an apparent suicide. The department said emergency medical services attempted life-saving measures, and the coroner pronounced him dead about an hour and a half later.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating the death as an apparent suicide, as standard procedure.

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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