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GBI Investigates Inmate Death

 A preliminary autopsy shows a Sumter County Jail inmate found dead in his cell early Monday committed suicide.

< americus, ga.="" (ap)="" --="" a="" preliminary="" autopsy="" shows="" a="" sumter="" county="" jail="" inmate="" found="" dead="" in="" his="" cell="" early="" monday="" committed="" suicide.="" sumter="" county="" sheriff's="" department="" chief="" eric="" d.="" bryant="" identifies="" the="" man="" as="" 24-year-old="" juan="" jimenez.="" authorities="" say="" the="" inmate="" was="" found="" dead="" in="" his="" cell="" around="" 2:45="" a.m.="" on="" monday.="" bryant="" says="" the="" early="" autopsy="" report="" shows="" jimenez="" strangled="" himself="" using="" bed="" sheets.="" he="" says="" the="" man="" had="" been="" arrested="" saturday="" for="" loitering="" and="" noncompliance.="" the="" georgia="" bureau="" of="" investigation="" is="" still="" probing="" the="" death.="" (copyright="" 2010="" by="" the="" associated="" press.="" all="" rights="" reserved.)="">

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