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died September 11, 2022 · Davis County Jail, Davis County, Utah

A man in his 40s held at the Davis County Jail in Farmington, Utah, died after jumping from a balcony inside his housing unit on Sunday, September 11, 2022, according to the Davis County Sheriff's Office and KSL. The sheriff's office says the death was a suicide and that internal and external investigations will follow. The Salt Lake Tribune instead reports that jail officials said he was found unresponsive in his cell shortly before midnight on September 14 and died at a hospital, and that staff said they followed the required cell-check policy that day. His name has not been released.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Davis County Sheriff's Office says the man jumped from a housing unit balcony and died of his injuries; internal and external investigations are underway.

Reported by: Davis County 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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