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died April 18, 2025 · Coweta County Jail, Coweta County, Georgia

A man held at the Coweta County Jail in Georgia died on April 18, 2025, at Newnan Piedmont Hospital, where he was taken from the jail. According to the Coweta County Sheriff's Office, he was found in his cell with a bedsheet tied around his neck. The sheriff's office says the death is being treated as an apparent suicide, and its Criminal Investigation Unit is leading the inquiry. His name had not been released pending notification of his family.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Coweta County Sheriff's Office says the man was found unresponsive in his cell with a bedsheet tied around his neck and is treating the death as an apparent suicide.

Reported by: Coweta 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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