The Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office is confirming the inmate who died Sunday evening at the Washoe County jail was Mark Forcum. Forcum was facing open murder and child abuse or neglect charges, in the death of his wife. According to the Medical Examiner’s Office, Forcum’s death was caused by suicide by hanging.
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