Name not reported
A 41-year-old man from Metairie died in his cell at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on the morning of Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Deputies found his body about 7:30 a.m., and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said the death was a suspected suicide, with a ligature around his neck, and that it saw no indication of foul play. The Sheriff's Office said the coroner would perform an autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says the man was suspected of suicide by ligature around his neck, with no indication of foul play.
Reported by: Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.