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Suicide Named Cause Of NC Inmate Death
By postandcourier.com
Published: 07/30/2010

The death of an inmate inside the Charleston County jail Wednesday has been ruled a suicide, authorities said today.

Charlie Mercer, 60, was found hanging in his jail cell about 5:30 a.m., Charleston County Deputy Coroner Bobbi Jo O'Neal said. Mercer's death has been ruled a suicide, she said.

Mercer had been in the Detention Center nearly a year on family court charges and was scheduled to be released next week, Charleston County sheriff's Maj. John Clark said.

Clark said Mercer recently requested a secure one-man cell in the jail's oldest section to be separated from the younger population.

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