Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Etowah County Detention Center, Etowah County, Alabama

The Etowah County Sheriff's Office said a man whose name has not been released appeared to be in distress during a security check at the Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama. According to the sheriff's office, medical staff could not save him. Marshall County investigators opened a death investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Etowah 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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