Allan Martin Gomez Roman
Allan Martin Gomez Roman, 44, died at the Cuyahoga County Jail in Ohio on October 3, 2018. County investigative records say he died by suicide, hanging himself with a bedsheet in an isolated cell where he had been placed. According to those records, he had vomited three days earlier amid heroin withdrawal, and an officer assigned to check on him every 15 minutes did not check for about an hour and 15 minutes. Cleveland.com reported these findings in April 2020, and county officials had earlier declined to confirm that he died in isolation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). County investigative records say he hanged himself with a bedsheet in an isolated cell, and investigators found an officer skipped the required 15-minute checks for about an hour and 15 minutes.
Reported by: county investigative records. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.