Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died April 29, 2021 · Cobb County Adult Detention Center, Cobb County, Georgia

A man held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center in Marietta, Georgia, was found unresponsive during a routine check on April 28, 2021. The Cobb County Sheriff's Office said he had made an apparent suicide attempt. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. His name had not been released because officials were still trying to reach his family, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked to investigate his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Cobb County Sheriff's Office says the detainee attempted suicide in his cell and was found unresponsive.

Reported by: Cobb County 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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