Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Name not reported

Chatham County, Georgia

According to a short news summary in the Highland Recorder, a mob in Georgetown, Georgia, took a Black person from the custody of the sheriff. The paper said the person was probably lynched. The sheriff's custody of the person at the time is the basis for treating this as a death in custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

News report