Amy Lynn Cross
Amy Lynn Cross, a 41-year-old mother of three, died in her cell at the Weld County jail in Greeley, Colorado, on September 4, 2021, according to the lawsuit her family's attorneys filed. The family's lawsuit says jail medical staff ignored hours of warning signs, including seizure-like activity and blue fingers, and did not send her to a hospital. The autopsy found she died of methamphetamine toxicity after drugs hidden in her body broke open. The Weld County jail's health contractor, Turn Key Health Clinics, and the county have not publicly answered the claims in detail, and the case later settled for $3.5 million.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). A family lawsuit says a bag of methamphetamine broke inside Amy Lynn Cross's body and that Weld County jail medical staff ignored warning signs, including seizure-like activity and blue fingers, and did not send her to a hospital; the county and its health contractor have not publicly answered these claims in detail.
Reported by: estate lawsuit (attorney Anna Holland Edwards) (family or their lawyers); autopsy cited in her family's lawsuit (medical examiner or coroner).
Lawsuit: Her family sued Weld County and its jail medical contractor over her 2021 death, and the case settled for $3.5 million.
News reports (7)
- News report
- In-custody death of woman inmate in Weld County Jail under investigation - Longmont Times-Call
- Weld County jail inmate died after medical staff "recklessly assumed" she faked her symptoms, lawsuit says
- Sheriff, Jail Health Care Provider Seek Public Money to Increase Staff After Two Women Died
- This company promised to improve health care in jails. Dozens of its patients have died.
- Lawsuit Over Meth Overdose Death in Weld County Jail Settled for $3.5 Million