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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:20 AM
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Anderson County Inmate Dies After Trying To Commit Suicide
An inmate who was transported to UT Medical Center by Anderson County EMS Thursday after an apparent suicide attempt has died.

Officials say Brian Jeffery Seeber, 42, jumped from the second floor tier in one of the housing units at the detention facility. He was taken to UT around 6 a.m. on Thursday.

Saturday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released information that Seeber later died.

Seeber had been serving time for rape and especially aggravated sexual exploitation charges. He was booked into custody on June 6 of this year by members of the Clinton Police Department.

The incident is being investigated by the TBI.