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died 2024 · Leon County Detention Center, Leon County, Florida

A man whose name has not been made public died in 2024 while held at the Leon County Detention Facility in Florida. According to a jail official quoted by WFSU News, he was found hanging in his cell, and the official said no one else was in the cell. The article reports that the cause of death in public records has been redacted, so those records do not confirm how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A jail official said the man was found hanging in his cell and that no one else was in the cell.

Reported by: Leon County Detention Facility jail official (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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