TWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. — A man is dead after committing suicide in the Twiggs County Jail, according to the sheriff's department.
37-year-old Jessie Woodard was found unconscious in his cell around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The sheriff's office says Woodard "manufactured" a device to hang himself, but did not describe it.
They attempted life-saving measures on him. He was taken to a Macon hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Woodard was in jail for possession of marijuana, other drug charges, several traffic citations and attempting to run from officers during the traffic stop. He is originally from Tennessee but was living in Macon at the time of his arrest.
The GBI and the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is investigating Woodard's death.
