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Death of a man restrained in a Virginia jail is homicide, authorities say

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Rolin Hill , 34 , died at a hospital several days after being restrained at the Virginia Beach jail in June .

Hill had been arrested on charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Virginia Beach Sheriff Rocky Holcomb said his office was investigating but also asked the Virginia State Police to conduct an independent review.

Hill died from “positional and mechanical asphyxia due to restraint with neck and torso compression”.

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English

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