Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man died in his cell at the Wake County Detention Center in North Carolina on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, and his name had not been released. He was found in his cell shortly after 7 p.m. Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker said the man died by suicide, that he showed no signs of crisis at intake, and that he was not on suicide watch. The sheriff also raised concerns about mental health in the jail and about the use of bedsheets there.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker said the man died by suicide and was not on suicide watch.
Reported by: Wake County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.