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A Mesa County jail inmate died Wednesday in a Grand Junction hospital.
Jesse Binam, 37, was found unresponsive Saturday in his cell, according to a county coroner’s news release.
Binam’s cause of death was strangulation, and the manner of his death was suicide, the coroner said.
Binam tightly wrapped a pair of pants around his neck while he was alone in his locked cell. When discovered, he was taken to a hospital, the release said. The incident remains under investigation of the sheriff’s office.
