April Holstein
April Holstein, a woman from Boone County who had multiple sclerosis, was found dead in a ditch about a quarter-mile from Southwestern Regional Jail in Logan County after she had been released from the facility. Her sister, Anita Perdue, filed a lawsuit in Kanawha Circuit Court against the state corrections division, the jail superintendent, unidentified officers and a medical contractor. The lawsuit alleges that staff sent her walking into extreme heat, but these are allegations, and it is not established in the account how or when she died.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed; neglect alleged). Her sister Anita Perdue's lawsuit alleges that jail staff released April Holstein, who had multiple sclerosis, to walk in extreme heat, and that she was later found dead in a ditch; no official cause of death is reported.
Reported by: Anita Perdue, her sister, as administratrix of the estate, in a lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her sister, Anita Perdue, sued the West Virginia corrections division, the jail superintendent, unidentified officers and a medical contractor in Kanawha Circuit Court, and no payment amount has been reported.