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TBI investigating jail death

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Posted: Sat 3:16 PM, Jan 12, 2013

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating after an inmate died at the Washington County jail.

WJHL-TV (http://bit.ly/X1TEvf) cited a statement from Washington County Sheriff Ed Graybeal that says TBI officers are reviewing the death Friday of 39-year-old Jay William Davis Jr. of Jonesborough.

Graybeal said Davis was incarcerated on a charge of domestic assault.

He said foul play isn't suspected in the death.


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