Man hangs himself in jail while waiting over a year for trial on assault charges

Man found dead in apparent suicide at jail in Port Angeles
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- A jail inmate in Port Angeles has been found hanging dead in his cell, and Clallam County sheriff's deputies say it appears to be a suicide.
Guards found 47-year-old John Young hanging by a bedsheet from a bunk in his cell Wednesday afternoon. Jail officials say he was not on a suicide watch and appeared OK when he was checked 45 minutes earlier.
The last suicide in the Clallam County jail was on March 6, 2001.
Young had been in jail since May 2006 awaiting trial on first-degree assault and other charges from Forks. The trial had been rescheduled eight times, most recently to Jan. 14.
According to a statement from jail officials, Young had asked to be placed alone in a segregation cell. Sheriff's Deputy Ron Cameron says he doesn't know the circumstances behind that request.
Information from: Peninsula Daily News,
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