Deaths in Custody
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Name not reported

died 2025 · Clarke County Jail, Clarke County, Georgia

A person died in 2025 while held at the Athens-Clarke County Jail in Athens, Georgia. The Clarke County Sheriff said the death was caused by fentanyl. The person's name, age, and gender are not given in the account available. Their family has not been heard from on the circumstances in this report.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Clarke County Sheriff attributes the death to fentanyl.

Reported by: Clarke 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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