Deaths in Custody
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59 years old · died February 4, 2024 · Santa Clara County Main Jail Complex, Santa Clara County, California

A 59-year-old man died at the Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose on February 4, 2024. The Sheriff's Office listed the death as natural and attributed it to congestive heart failure. Another account said he was found unresponsive in his cell that Sunday morning and was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly before noon. The Sheriff's Office said it did not believe foul play occurred, and the District Attorney's Office and the coroner were investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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

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