Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died April 12, 2018 · Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia

A person died on April 12, 2018, while held at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority facility in Tazewell, Virginia. The Virginia Board of Corrections lists the death as a suicide by hanging. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported the death and that classification in May 2018.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Virginia Board of Corrections.

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