Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

William Baumuller

Name: William Baumuller
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 03/07/2004
Location: 25 N. Central
Ramsey, New Jersey, 7446
County: Bergen
Agency: Ramsey Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Suicide
Media summary: William G. Baumuller was arrested early Sunday on drunken-driving charges. He then used his shirt to hang himself in the jail holding cell, police said. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.
Unique ID: 21704

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