The Marion County Sheriff's Office reports that
alleged child molester Cortland Wade Mcgrown, 32 years of age, was discovered
unresponsive in his jail cell on the evening of June 20 as the result of an
apparent suicide. McGrown was transported to a local hospital where he
was pronounced dead.
McGrown, a
resident of Indianapolis, was being held on a bond of $50,000 for four counts
of child molestation, all felonies. In addition to his current custody
stay, McGrown had been incarcerated in the jail on five other occasions, once
in 2010 and four times in 2011.
No formal determination has yet been made as to the cause of
death. The incident is considered a death investigation. The
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department conducts death investigations in
Marion County and will make the formal determination as to the nature of the
death.
