Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person died on the morning of Friday, April 22, 2022, while in pre-booking at the Rockingham County Detention Center in Wentworth, North Carolina. The sheriff's office said the person suffered a medical-related emergency around 11:30 a.m. and that detention workers gave immediate medical attention, which is the agency's own account of its response. The State Bureau of Investigation said it would investigate the death. The sheriff's office had not yet released the person's name or said whether family had been notified.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: Rockingham County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.