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49 years old · died November 11, 2025 · Shelby County Jail, Shelby County, Illinois

A man, 49, died on November 11, 2025, at Shelby County Jail, in the custody of the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. The death was reported to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, which does not publish the names of the people who died. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office reported the manner of death as suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Shelby County Sheriff's Office recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: Shelby 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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