Name not reported
A woman held in a Loudon County, Tennessee, holding cell attempted to hang herself on February 5, 2020, according to the Loudon County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said correctional deputies intervened before she was taken to UT Medical Center and placed on a ventilator. Her family chose to remove her from life-saving measures, and she died there on February 9, 2020. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is assisting the sheriff's office with its investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office says she tried to hang herself in a holding cell on February 5, 2020, and died at UT Medical Center on February 9 after her family chose to remove her from life support.
Reported by: Loudon County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.