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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Acadia Parish Jail, Acadia Parish, Louisiana

A man who had been held at the Acadia Parish Jail in Louisiana for several months died after, according to the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office, he received drugs that had been smuggled into the jail. The sheriff's office said an autopsy found fentanyl in his system at the time of death and has described the death as a homicide. The office has charged another man held at the jail with second-degree murder in connection with the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office says another detainee smuggled in the fentanyl that killed him and classes the death as a homicide.

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

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