Barbara Jean Krause
Barbara Jean Krause, 63, was held at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Wisconsin, when she became ill. According to the Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner's Office, she was taken to St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac and died there of sepsis on April 8, 2019. The state Department of Corrections has referred the circumstances of her death to the Fond du Lac Police Department to examine the level of health care she received, and it has not said whether any staff were disciplined.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner's Office said she died of sepsis at St. Agnes Hospital after becoming ill at the prison.
Reported by: Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).