GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) -- An Etowah County jail inmate has died after he apparently hanged himself in his cell.
Etowah County Chief Corrections Officer Scott Hassell said 36-year-old Teddy Gene Hagan of Gadsden died Monday after he was found hanging in his cell Sunday night.
Hagan was in jail for violating a protection order, and a hold was placed on him from Marshall County. Jailers said he was in the common area of his unit with other inmates when he asked to go back to his cell.
Hassell said that while making rounds a short time later, he found Hagan with a bedsheet around his neck. The inmate was transported to a hospital where he died.
Hassell said the Alabama Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate and an autopsy will be done.
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Information from: The Gadsden Times, http://www.gadsdentimes.com
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