Authorities: Glynn County inmate hangs herself in cell

<p>An inmate at the Glynn County Detention Center apparently killed herself, authorities said.</p><p>A jail officer found Donya M. Strickland, 37, hanging from a bedsheet in her cell shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday, Glynn County Sheriff Wayne Bennett said.</p><p>Staff at the jail tried to revive her. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital, Glynn County Coroner Jimmy Durden said.</p><p>It appears Strickland hanged herself, Durden said.</p><p>"There is no indication of foul play," he said.</p><p>Strickland, who was not on suicide watch, was in the cell by herself, Bennett said.</p><p>Bennett has begun an investigation into the incident but said it appears all policies and procedures were followed.</p><p>Strickland had been jailed since Feb. 4, when Glynn County police arrested her on charges of theft by taking and possession of cocaine, records showed. She was accused of stealing two handguns from her grandmother's home on St. Simons Island in order to buy crack cocaine, police Capt. Marissa Tindale said.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x1cd995c)</p>

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