Name not reported
A 45-year-old man died in his cell at the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia, early on Sunday, January 2, 2022, and was pronounced dead about 6:30 a.m. Lawrence Messina, a spokesperson for the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security, said the death appeared to be a suicide. State Police and corrections officials are investigating the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Lawrence Messina, a West Virginia Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, said the death appeared to be a suicide, and State Police and corrections officials are investigating.
Reported by: Lawrence Messina, spokesperson for the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.