Deaths in Custody
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Adam Coker

died September 2021 · Rankin County Jail, Rankin County, Mississippi

Adam Coker died in September 2021 while held at the Rankin County Jail in Mississippi. Security-camera footage reviewed by Business Insider shows him pacing a jail cell for hours and vomiting several times. According to the outlet's 2023 report, the footage shows no one providing him medical attention during that time before he became unresponsive and died. As of the outlet's 2022 report, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation's investigation into his death was still open.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). Business Insider's review of security footage says jail staff did not give Coker medical attention while he paced and vomited for hours before he became unresponsive.

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