Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed person died by hanging at the Abingdon Regional Jail in Washington County, Virginia, in September 2017. Official accounts reported it as one of two hanging deaths at the jail that month, alongside seven suicide attempts. The Virginia State Police and jail officials are investigating, according to the report. No name, age, sex, or exact date of death has been released, so little can be said about who this person was.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: Virginia State Police and jail officials (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.