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