A former inmate has died after officials say he hung himself at the Travis County Jail and was found unresponsive.
The Travis County sheriff's office says 21-year-old Elijah Ashbey was found unconscious in his cell on Nov. 10. He had been booked into the jail two days prior.
The Austin American-Statesman reports that Ashbey remained in the hospital until he was pronounced dead Sunday.
A preliminary investigation from the Travis County medical examiner's office shows Ashbey died of asphyxiation after using items in his cell to create a rope. An autopsy into his death is ongoing.
The sheriff's office is calling Ashbey a former inmate because a warrant for his arrest was withdrawn while he was alive and in treatment at a local hospital.
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