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| Cumberland County Jail Inmate Dies |
| By Associated Press/Fayetteville Observer-Times |
| Published: 12/23/2002 |
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A Cumberland County, N.C., jail inmate who hanged himself recently in his cell was not on a suicide watch, a sheriff's official said. Jeffrey Wayne Holcomb, 33, died last week at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center shortly after jailers found him hanging from a sheet in his cell, authorities said. State Bureau of Investigation agents will investigate the death, but it appears to be a suicide, agent Janie Pinkston said. Holcomb had been in jail since Nov. 9 on charges of financial card theft and fraud. He had been extradited from Arkansas for a probation violation, according to notes in court records. Jailers had checked on Holcomb 16 minutes before finding him at 12:20 a.m., sheriff's Lt. Sam Pennica said. He was in a single cell and could not be seen by other inmates. Holcomb had a weak pulse when jailers found him, Pinkston said. Cumberland County jailers check inmates four times an hour; state law requires jailers check cell blocks at least twice an hour, Pinkston said. |
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