Deaths in Custody
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Angela Karen Langley Kimberly

49 years old · died December 2022 · Birmingham City Jail, Birmingham, Alabama

Angela Karen Langley Kimberly was 49 years old and a mother; her son, Jacob Jerome Kimberly, has sought answers for her in federal court. She died in December 2022 in a single cell at the Birmingham City Jail in Alabama. His lawsuit says she was sick with COVID-19 and asked for help for ten days, but jail staff ignored her requests. She was not found until a routine check, by which time she had been dead for some time.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Her son's federal lawsuit says she had COVID-19 and that jail staff ignored her requests for help for ten days.

Reported by: her son's federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers).

Lawsuit: Her son filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Angela Karen Langley Kimberly was ignored while sick with COVID-19 at the Birmingham City Jail, and no settlement or award amount has been reported.

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