KETCHIKAN (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 charged with sexual abuse of a minor.
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