Amy Lynn Cross
Amy Lynn Cross, 41, died while held at a Colorado jail, according to a lawsuit filed in December over her death. The lawsuit alleges that jail medical staff assumed she was faking a seizure as she foamed at the mouth and her fingers turned blue, and that they did not treat her as a medical emergency. It also claims she died of an overdose after a bag of methamphetamine broke open inside her body.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (neglect alleged). A December lawsuit says jail medical staff assumed she was faking a seizure as she foamed at the mouth and her fingers turned blue, and that she died of an overdose after a bag of methamphetamine broke inside her body.
Reported by: a December lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: A December lawsuit alleges that jail medical staff in Colorado assumed Amy Lynn Cross was faking a seizure before she died, but no settlement or award amount is reported.