Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died 2016 · George F. Bailey Detention Facility, San Diego County, California

The person was a sailor on active duty who, in 2016, threatened to jump from the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and was talked down. They were then held at the George Bailey Detention Facility in Otay Mesa, where they jumped headfirst from a second-story ledge and died. The death was reported as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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