Dead by hanging.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jas-waters-dies-kidding-us-231940185.html

Jas Waters: Cause Of Death Revealed For ‘This Is Us’ Writer Who Was 39

A cause of death has been revealed for TV writer and journalist Jas Waters. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office said Thursday that Waters died June 9 by hanging. The manner of death was ruled a suicide. Waters was 39.

News of the death of Waters, who was a writer on This is Us and most recently Kidding, was confirmed Wednesday by This Is Us writers on their official Twitter account.

Sacrifice?