A Rossville man who was arrested by the Rossville Police Department Friday night on a charge of disorderly conduct and lodged in the Walker County Detention Center, was found in his cell hanging by his T-shirt.
He was found at 2:20 a.m. Saturday, according to Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson.
Detention officers and EMTs immediately began lifesaving procedures on the inmate, 36-year-old Charles Lee Cochran. Efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and he was declared dead by medical personnel.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death.
The body has been transported to the GBI State Crime Lab in Decatur, Ga., for an autopsy.