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Shaun King Falsely Linked White Man To Murder Of Black Girl. Man Commits Suicide In Prison.

Amanda Prestigiacomo

A man whom Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King wrongly linked to the shooting death of a young black girl was reportedly found dead in a Montgomery County jail cell from an apparent suicide.

“Robert Paul Cantrell, 49, was found by staff at the Montgomery County Jail early on Tuesday, July 23. He was hanged in an apparent suicide. Staff tried to revive him and perform CPR, but all life-saving attempts were unsuccessful,” a Houston-area ABC affiliate reported Monday. “Cantrell was in jail on a charge of robbery-evading.”

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