Fatal Encounters

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Kenneth Ray Thornhill

Name: Kenneth Ray Thornhill
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 12/15/2015
Location: 2400 Beaumont Ave
Liberty, Texas, 77575
County: Liberty
Agency: Liberty County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Suicide
Media summary: Thornhill hanged himself in a holding cell shortly after he was convicted of a drug-related crime. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.
Unique ID: 17020

News article: Link






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