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34 years old · died July 26, 2017 · Macomb County Jail, Macomb County, Michigan

A 34-year-old man died on July 26, 2017, at the Macomb County Jail in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, where he had been held since July 10. Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said he was found hanging by a bed sheet, and the sheriff's office described the death as a suicide. The sheriff said staff had completed security rounds and checks before the death. The sheriff's office did not release the man's name.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said the man was found hanging by a bed sheet after staff completed security rounds and checks.

Reported by: Sheriff Anthony Wickersham (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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