Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Daviess County Detention Center, Daviess County, Kentucky

A Black man was held in the jail at Owensboro, Kentucky. A mob took him from the jail and killed him in a lynching. A second man was taken from the same jail and lynched in the same incident.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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