Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man surnamed Ellis died at the Baxter County jail in Arkansas on Sunday, May 11, 2008. Authorities said he died by hanging and were investigating his death as a suicide. The death was one of four jail deaths in north Arkansas reported within about three weeks.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Authorities say he died by hanging at the Baxter County jail, and the article reports no challenge to that account.
Reported by: Authorities (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.