Name not reported
A 32-year-old man died at the Clark County jail in April 2022. Clark County Chief Deputy Scottie Maples said he died by asphyxiation with a jumpsuit while alone in his cell and not on suicide watch. Staff delivering dinner found him unresponsive, and he was taken to Clark Memorial Health, where he was pronounced dead. He has not been publicly identified, and the Floyd County Sheriff's Department is leading the investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Clark County Chief Deputy Scottie Maples says he died by asphyxiation with a jumpsuit while alone in his cell and not on suicide watch.
Reported by: Clark County Chief Deputy Scottie Maples (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.