An investigation has been ordered after an inmate at the DeKalb County, Ala., Jail died from an apparent suicide, according to a press release from the county’s sheriff’s department.
Jail personnel were alerted Friday that Kevin Daniel Hancock, 33, had harmed himself in his jail cell, the release said. Staff performed CPR until the ambulance arrived and transported him to DeKalb Regional Hospital. Hancock was then transported to Huntsville Hospital, the release said, and died Sunday.
DeKalb County, Ala., jail and sheriff’s office.“This is an unfortunate incident that has happened,” Chief Jail Administrator Matt Martin said in the release. “We have trained our staff for incidents like this and make every effort to prevent these from happening.”
DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said in the release he has contacted the State Bureau of Investigation. It’s a policy of his to call in an outside investigating agency when something like this happens at one of DeKalb County’s facilities.
“Hancock had not shown any signs to our staff of being suicidal,” Harris said in the release. “But he had mentioned harming himself to his cellmate which the cellmate never communicated this to the correctional staff. At this time no further details will be released until the investigation in complete.”