Name not reported
A man held in a cell at the Sarasota County Jail in Florida died in April 2023. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said he was attacked by the man he shared the cell with, and that corrections deputies found him unresponsive during rounds and pronounced him dead in the cellblock. The sheriff's office has not released his name or age, citing Florida's Marsy's Law, so little else about him is known from these accounts. The cellmate has been charged in his death, according to the sheriff's office.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office says his cellmate attacked him and caused the wounds to his face and head, and the cellmate has been charged in his death.
Reported by: Sarasota County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.