WAYCROSS, Ga. – A young man died while in custody at a detention center last week, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it is now investigating.
The GBI said in a news release that its Douglas Regional Office was called around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, to the Waycross Regional Juvenile Detention Center to investigate after a juvenile was found not answered
When he lost consciousness, “he was in the presence of a staff member and other minors,” investigators said.
The boy, who was not identified by the GBI, was taken to Memorial Health Hospital in Savannah and later died.
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GBI said anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Waycross RYDC at (404) 291-0208 or the GBI Region 4 Douglas office at (912) 389-4103. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-onlineor by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
After the investigation is complete, the GBI said the file will be turned over to the Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.
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