Brady Allen
Brady Allen, 41, had posted proudly on Facebook about five years of recovery from addiction, had recently started a new job as a truck driver, and had moved into a new home, and his mother Karen said the family felt there was light at the end of the tunnel. He died in May 2021 at the Cobb County Detention Center in Georgia, less than a day after police took him into custody. His family says he was having a mental health emergency and that jail medical staff did not check his vitals or send him to a hospital despite warning signs. The Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office attributed his death to a sudden death associated with acute methamphetamine intoxication and law enforcement subdual and ruled the manner undetermined, while a private autopsy commissioned by his parents ruled it a homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed; neglect alleged). The Cobb County medical examiner ruled the manner undetermined, citing acute methamphetamine intoxication and law enforcement subdual, while a private autopsy commissioned by his parents ruled it a homicide, and his family says jail medical staff did not check his vitals or send him to a hospital despite warning signs.
Reported by: Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); private autopsy commissioned by his parents; his family.