Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

DeKalb County Jail, DeKalb County, Georgia

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office reported a second death of a person held at the DeKalb County Jail in late August 2025, within the same several-day period as another death at the facility. The office said the two deaths were unrelated and that the incident remains under investigation. The person has not been publicly named, and no account of how they died has been released.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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