Brandon Roy
Brandon Roy was a good person who would give his shirt to anyone, his fiancée Alicia French said, and he loved his daughter and his family very much. He had been struggling with heroin addiction and had two years clean before relapsing, and his family says he was working toward treatment. Brandon was held at the Bristol County jail in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where sheriff's officials said they found him hanging in his cell. He was taken unconscious to St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford on November 2, 2016, and died on November 4. His family believes he should have been placed in detox instead of jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Bristol County Sheriff's officials said they found him hanging in his cell, and his family says he should have been placed in detox rather than jail.
Reported by: Bristol County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.