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37 years old · died April 8, 2018 · Santa Rita Jail, Alameda County, California

A 37-year-old man died at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Alameda County, California, on April 8, 2018. The Alameda County Sheriff's office said he was found in his cell that Sunday afternoon. After an investigation, the sheriff's office said it appeared he had taken his own life, and the coroner's office said an autopsy would determine the official cause and manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office said after its investigation it appeared he took his own life, with the coroner's autopsy to determine the official cause and manner.

Reported by: Alameda 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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