LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A Longview man was in intensive care after attempting to hang himself in the lobby of the Cowlitz County Jail annex.
Corrections officials say he had been drinking when he showed up Tuesday to check in with Offender Services. Drinking violated the terms of his pre-trial release in a drunken driving case.
An official asked the man to wait while she checked with a judge to decide whether the man should be booked into jail for the violation. When she returned she found the man hanging by his belt from a hook on the wall. He was taken to a Longview hospital.
His relatives told The Daily News he has a history of depression and attempted suicide.
