Apparent suicide at Wayne County Jail; inmates moved from Hamtramck facility
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Detroit A 35-year-old man killed himself at the Wayne County Jail s division 1 facility downtown on Thursday, officials said Friday.
The man s body was found just before 1 p.m., said Deputy Chief Dennis Ramel of the Wayne County Sheriff s Office.
The man s death is considered an apparent suicide, Ramel said. The Wayne County Medical Examiner s Office will determine his official cause of death and did not immediately offer the man s name.
The union representing 540 Wayne County deputies questioned whether a sudden change in circumstance contributed to the man s death.