By Larry Judkins
Glenn County Observer
Someone tried to kill himself (or, conceivably, herself) at the Glenn County Jail early Tuesday evening.
At about 6 p.m. on April 16, emergency medical responders were dispatched to the jail for a suicide attempt.
A moment later, the Glenn County Sheriff’s dispatcher specified that it was an attempted suicide by hanging.
At about 6:20 p.m., the person was transported to Glenn Medical Center.
Seven minutes later, a sheriff’s lieutenant responded to Glenn Medical Center.
And that is all that is currently known. There was not so much as a hint regarding the incident in the Glenn County Sheriff’s logs that were released Wednesday at 7:44 a.m.
A call was made to the jail late Wednesday morning, and The Observer’s request for information was transferred to Sgt. Sonia Melgarejo.
She was in the jail’s “tower” at the time, and was unavailable for the call.
A message was left on her voicemail, but the call was not returned.
Unanswered are the following questions:
Did the person survive the suicide attempt?
If he or she survived, is he or she expected to make a full recovery?
What is the name of the person?
Had the person previously attempted suicide?
Was the person on suicide watch of some kind?
What did the person use to hang him- or herself?
Where did the person hang him- or herself?
How was the person discovered?
Who discovered the person?
How long is it thought the person had been hanging before he or she was discovered?
Hopefully, at least some of these questions will be answered in the near future.
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