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Vildan Jahja

70 years old · died December 9, 2021 · Loudoun County Adult Detention Center, Loudoun County, Virginia

Vildan Jahja, 70, of Ashburn, died at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center in Virginia on December 9, 2021. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said he died by suicide that afternoon after jumping from the second floor of a housing unit, and that surveillance video shows the jump. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The death remains under investigation by the sheriff's office and the Office of the Medical Examiner.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office says he died by suicide after jumping from the second floor of a housing unit, and surveillance video shows the jump.

Reported by: Loudoun 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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