Bryan
Bryan was released from the Gila County Jail in Globe, Arizona, on January 29, 2021, and his family picked him up to drive him home. He complained of chest pain during the ride and was taken to urgent care and then to Banner Payson Medical Center, where he died that day. His death certificate lists natural causes, sudden cardiac death from probable heart disease. His niece says his long-standing heart problems, years of inadequate medical care, and a COVID-19 infection he caught in jail shaped his death, and she remembers him writing kind letters, helping load furniture, and dancing at his wedding.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). The death certificate lists sudden cardiac death from probable atherosclerotic heart disease, but his niece argues his long-standing heart problems, years of inadequate care and a COVID-19 infection caught in jail make the word sudden insufficient.
Reported by: death certificate; his niece.