A heroin addict hung himself in the Richmond County Jail on Saturday, just four days after his arrest for choking his estranged wife into unconsciousness and stealing her car.
The GBI is investigating the suicide of 37-year-old Brandon Masters, who was discovered around 3 p.m. Saturday.
Deputies found him hanging from a bed sheet in his cell at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center, a press release says.
“Deputies removed the inmate and immediately started giving him C.P.R.,” the press release says. “The medical staff responded to the cell and continued attempts to revive him but were unsuccessful. The Richmond County Coroner’s Office responded to the jail and pronounced the inmate deceased at 5:15 p.m.”
Masters was booked into the jail Wednesday for aggravated assault. The allegations tell a lot about the inmate’s state of mind upon entering the jail.
Masters had been separated from his wife for a few months “due to his drug addiction to heroin,” a sheriff’s report says. On Wednesday, the suspect knocked on his wife’s door and barged in when she opened the door.
From a sheriff’s report: “Brandon pushed open the door, and told her that he needed her car so he could report to the police that his vehicle had been stolen. Brandon then grabbed her by the throat, pushed her into the bedroom and threw her onto the bed while choking her. Brandon demanded an ATM card and the PIN number which (she) gave him to avoid being injured. She passed out during the choking and when she woke up, her husband was gone along with her Samsung S5 black in color valued at $500 and her 2007 Mercedes Benz C250.”
Deputies observed a scratch on the victim’s face near the ear, swelling to her face and her tongue appeared to swollen where she possible bit it while being choked, a report says. Her neck was also red.
Masters was later found and taken to jail. A Facebook page for Masters shows he worked this year as an automobile salesman and has a son.
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