Using the belt a jailer had returned to him more than an hour earlier, a Texas man hanged himself in his cell, officials recently reported. John Louis Kenney had been arrested in a reported domestic violence case last week. He was being held under a $500 bond on a misdemeanor assault charge.

His body was found in his cell Sunday night. Sheriff's deputies described Kenney as “belligerent” when he was booked into the jail Saturday. He argued with staff members but was not violent, according to agency reports. Kenney was last seen alive shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday when a guard checked in on his cell. Less than an hour later he was found dead.

Jail policy calls for the return of belts and shoelaces to short-term inmates who do not appear to be dangerous to themselves. Officials said Kenney gave no sign that he would harm himself.