Brandon Baker
Brandon Baker was 33 and from Berea, and his mother, Penny Baker, has filed a lawsuit over his death. He was held at the Madison County Detention Center in Richmond, Kentucky, in July 2023. The lawsuit says he went days without food, lay in his own waste, and received no medical care while staff passed his cell. He was taken to hospital by ambulance and died there 21 days later, and the state medical examiner, Meredith Frame, attributed his death to endocarditis, with medical neglect considered contributing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). State medical examiner Meredith Frame ruled endocarditis the cause, with medical neglect contributing, and his mother Penny Baker's lawsuit says jail staff withheld food and medical care while passing his cell.
Reported by: State medical examiner Meredith Frame (medical examiner or coroner); Penny Baker, his mother, in a lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His mother, Penny Baker, filed a lawsuit over his death at the Madison County Detention Center, and the claims have not been decided in court.