Name not reported
A person in their 20s died by suicide in February 2021 while held in the Rockingham County Jail in North Carolina, according to Sheriff Sam Page of the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff said the person was one of three people in their 20s who died by suicide that month in the county jail. The person was held alone in a cell and had been in custody for only a few days or less. The sheriff said the agency had no indication the person intended to harm themselves. The sheriff's office and the State Bureau of Investigation are both investigating the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Sam Page said the person died by suicide in the Rockingham County Jail, and his office and the State Bureau of Investigation are investigating.
Reported by: Rockingham County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held them); State Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).