Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 55-year-old man from South Hill died on February 26, 2019, while held at the Pierce County Jail in Washington. Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said deputies found him hanging from a bed sheet in his cell and that he killed himself. Deputies cut him down and began first aid, and he was pronounced dead at Tacoma General Hospital.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer says the man killed himself by hanging from a bed sheet in his cell.
Reported by: Pierce County Sheriff's Office (spokesman Ed Troyer) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.