Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 27-year-old man died at the Lee County Detention Facility in Opelika on August 2, 2018. The Lee County Sheriff's Office said he died by suicide, hanging himself with a sheet in a holding cell. He was found unresponsive on a Thursday morning, and the case was turned over to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Lee County Sheriff's Office says he hanged himself with a sheet in a holding cell, and the case was turned over to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Reported by: Lee County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.