Deaths in Custody
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Wayne Washer

53 years old · died December 5, 2020 · Citrus County Detention Facility, Citrus County, Florida

Wayne Washer, 53, was held at the Citrus County Detention Facility in Florida in December 2020 while awaiting court action in an earlier case. According to Citrus County Sheriff's Office detectives, cited in an arrest report, another person held there struck him in the head with a closed fist in a housing pod. He was pronounced dead at an emergency room that night, and the other person was arrested in connection with the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Citrus County Sheriff's Office detectives say another inmate struck Wayne Washer in the head with a closed fist, according to the arrest report.

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

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