An 18-year-old who was being held at Kent County jail has died of what county Undersheriff Michelle Young described as self-inflicted wounds.
Djibril Niyomugabo died last Wednesday, two days after officers at the Kent County Correctional Facility found him hanging in his cell. It was 1:25 A.M. and it appears that he used a bed sheet.
When he was found, Niyomugabo was not breathing and did not have a pulse. After resuscitative efforts from medical assistance, his pulse came back and he was transported by ambulance.
Sources close to the family said he was taken to the 8th Floor of Spectrum Health where he died on January 13, 2016.
Young said that when Niyomugabo arrived at the Kent County Correctional Facility the sheriff's department used resources developed through collaborations with Network 180 and determined that Niyomugabo had a low-risk of committing suicide.
At this time police expect the cause of death to be asphyxiation, but the investigation is on-going.
DjibrilNiyomugabo’s parents had relocated their family from Rwanda and until recently he had attended Grand Rapids Adventist Academy.
Niyomugabo’s record shows that he was booked in the county jail on a charge of Larceny for less than $200 and damage to personal property of more than $200 but less than $1,000.
At the time Niyomugabo was found unresponsive, he had already been bonded out.
