KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — An autopsy has been ordered for a 20-year-old Wrangell man who died of injuries suffered in a Ketchikan jail.
Alaska State Troopers say Brendon Sample on Thursday attempted to hang himself with a bed sheet while alone in a cell at Ketchikan Correctional Center.
Corrections staff found him unresponsive. He was taken to Peace Health Ketchikan Medical.
He stayed in the intensive care unit until 1 a.m. Friday, when he was flown to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage.
Sample was pronounced dead Saturday in Anchorage.
Online court records indicate Sample on Jan. 11 was cha...
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