One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A 17-year-old boy died on February 7, 2019, at the Ware Youth Center in Red River Parish, Louisiana. Red River Parish sheriff's investigators said he died by suicide, hanging himself with bed sheets, and that no foul play was involved and the death was not connected to another death at the facility. A guard found him hanging from a sheet about 15 minutes after a check that the facility's record noted as showing nothing unusual. Staff interviews and video are being reviewed, and the completed report will go to the district attorney's office.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Joey Cox, executive director of the Ware Youth Center, said the boy took his own life, and the Red River Parish Sheriff's Office said an investigation was underway.
Reported by: Red River Parish Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Joey Cox, executive director of the Ware Youth Center (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.