Name not reported
A 37-year-old man from Bellingham died after being held at the Whatcom County Jail. The sheriff's office said he tried to hang himself with a bedsheet in his cell, and deputies found him on January 19, 2025. He was taken to a hospital, where he remained until his death on January 22, 2025, according to the Whatcom County Medical Examiner's Office. The medical examiner's office has not yet released a cause of death, and the manner of death is listed as pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office says he tried to hang himself with a bedsheet in his cell, and the medical examiner has not released a cause of death.
Reported by: Whatcom County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.