Died in jail or a lockup
Ashley Michelle Hicks
Ashley Michelle Hicks, 31, died on Sunday, February 27, 2022, inside the Surry County Sheriff's Office Detention Center in North Carolina, where she was held. Investigators said detention staff began emergency care as soon as they found her, and that county EMS arrived shortly after. The sheriff's office said she died at the scene after a medical emergency. No other cause or circumstances of her death are reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Investigators said she died at the scene after a medical emergency, and the article gives no further cause.
Reported by: Surry County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.