Alec Nieland-Herrera
Alec Nieland-Herrera, 28, was the father of two young boys, and his grandmother Peggy Nieland said he was a good father who loved his children. He was held at the Thurston County Jail in Olympia, Washington, where he was found unresponsive in his cell during a medical emergency on March 13, 2023, and taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital, where he died. The Thurston County Sheriff's Office said the cause was a fentanyl overdose. His family says drugs caused his death and other overdoses at the jail, and they want to know how the drugs got into the facility. His organs were donated, and his family hopes his death will help save someone else.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Thurston County Sheriff's Office says he died of a fentanyl overdose, and his family says drugs likely caused his death and other overdoses at the jail.
Reported by: Thurston County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); family.