Deaths in Custody
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36 years old · died January 2025 · Leon County Detention Facility, Leon County

A 36-year-old man died in January 2025 while held at the Leon County Detention Facility. He was found unresponsive in his cell. A county staff review of the Sheriff's Office investigation attributed his death to an overdose and found no evidence of foul play.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. County staff reviewing the Sheriff's Office investigation attributed the death to an overdose and found no evidence of foul play.

Reported by: county staff review of the Sheriff's Office investigation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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