Austin Larue
Austin Larue died in the Greene County jail in Springfield, Missouri, on or about March 13, 2022, after another person held there gave him a powder. Investigators say the powder was fentanyl and that the person who gave it believed it was cocaine. Jail video reportedly showed him snorting a substance in a bathroom, and the final autopsy, as reported by KY3, found he died of a fentanyl overdose. Lorenzo Broomfield, another person held at the jail, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in his death and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The final autopsy found a fentanyl overdose, and investigators say another inmate gave him a powder they believed was cocaine.
Reported by: final autopsy, as reported by KY3 (medical examiner or coroner); investigators.