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died September 2019 · Macomb County Jail, Macomb County, Michigan

A man died in the Macomb County Jail in Mount Clemens, Michigan, in September 2019. County Corporation Counsel John Schapka said the death was being investigated as a suicide, with the sheriff's office investigation and the medical examiner's results still pending. Schapka said he did not yet have the man's name, age or hometown. He also said he had been told a towel was used, but that the man did not hang himself.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Macomb County Corporation Counsel John Schapka said the death is being investigated as a suicide, with the sheriff's office investigation and medical examiner results still pending.

Reported by: John Schapka, Macomb County Corporation Counsel (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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