LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy who hanged himself at a Lincoln detention center.
Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly said the boy died at a Lincoln hospital Friday. The boy hanged himself in his cell last Sunday in what appeared to be a suicide attempt.
State law requires a grand jury to investigate because the boy was in custody when he died.
The teen had been a state ward since last April. He was sent to the detention center because of concerns about drug use and behavior dangerous to himself.