Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man died while held at the Otsego County Jail on June 19, 2021. Corrections officers found him unresponsive in his cell at about 11:15 a.m., and Sheriff Richard Devlin's office said it was a suicide attempt. He was taken to Bassett Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. The state Commission of Corrections and the state Attorney General's Office are reviewing the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: Otsego County Jail sheriff's office (Sheriff Richard Devlin's office) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.