Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 6, 2017 · Adams County Jail, Adams County

A man was found dead in his assigned cell at the Adams County Jail on the afternoon of Thursday, July 6, 2017, according to the Adams County Sheriff's office. The sheriff's office said the death is under investigation and that an autopsy is pending. The man has not been identified, and the office said it would not release further information at that time. Nothing in the available account describes his cause of death or how he came to be found.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Adams 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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