NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating a death that occurred at the Keith County Jail.

NSP was contacted by the Keith County Sheriff’s Office Sunday evening regarding a death that had occurred at the jail. Keith County Jail staff had found an inmate, identified as 25-year-old Dawson Reifschneider, dead inside a cell.

NSP said the death appeared to be a suicide. There was no other person inside the cell at the time.

Reifschneider was being held in Keith County Jail while awaiting trial in Scotts Bluff County.

The Keith County Attorney’s Office has requested the Nebraska State Patrol conduct the grand jury investigation.

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