William McMunn Jr.
William McMunn Jr., 29, was found hanging from a vent in a disciplinary cell at the Westmoreland County jail early on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Jail officials described his death as an apparent suicide and said the jail would examine whether staff followed its procedures. Warden John Walton said staff had no indication he had emotional problems and that he was never placed on suicide watch, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The district attorney's office is also investigating his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Westmoreland County jail officials say he hanged himself from a vent in a disciplinary cell, and Warden John Walton said staff had no sign of emotional problems and he was never placed on suicide watch.
Reported by: Westmoreland County jail officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.