Ashley Schubiger
Ashley Schubiger, 25, grew up in Colonia, a section of Woodbridge, and was a self-employed artist and a Woodbridge High School graduate who had attended Middlesex County College. She was held at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility, where she was found unresponsive in her cell on August 5, 2013, after hanging herself. Her mother, Ellen Schubiger, sued, saying staff knew Ashley was at risk of suicide yet did not screen her properly, review her records, provide the one-on-one supervision she needed, or place her on suicide watch, and left her in a cell with items at-risk people use to self-harm. Middlesex County paid $20,000 to her estate in a September 2017 settlement that admitted no wrongdoing; her mother died before the settlement was reached.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). Her mother's wrongful death lawsuit says staff knew she was at risk of suicide, left her in a cell with items at-risk inmates use to self-harm, and did not place her on suicide watch or provide required one-on-one supervision; Middlesex County settled for $20,000 without admitting wrongdoing.
Reported by: Ellen Schubiger's wrongful death lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her mother sued Middlesex County over her death, and the county paid $20,000 to her estate in a September 2017 settlement that admitted no wrongdoing.