William Cash
William Cash, 39, died on April 22, 2025, while held at the Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail in Botetourt County, Virginia. The Botetourt County Sheriff's Office says he was found hanging in his cell, with shredded jumpsuit fabric wrapped around part of a vent, and that deputies had seen no unusual behavior during a routine check about 20 minutes earlier. Another person held at the jail alerted staff at 7:15 p.m., and he was pronounced dead at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital at 8:44 p.m. The sheriff's office describes the death as an apparent suicide, and the medical examiner's autopsy is pending. The state police and prosecutor's review of the case had been requested, and questions about the timing of the checks remain open.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Botetourt County Sheriff's Office calls it an apparent suicide, with the medical examiner's autopsy still pending.
Reported by: Botetourt County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.