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56 years old · died September 3, 2018 · Dane County Public Safety Building Jail, Dane County, Wisconsin

A 56-year-old Madison man held at the Dane County Jail died in early September 2018. The Dane County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging in his cell early Monday during required security checks and that it considered the death a suicide that did not appear suspicious. The sheriff's office said an autopsy was planned.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Dane County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging in his cell during required security checks and that the death does not appear suspicious.

Reported by: Dane County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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