Candice Wheat
Candice Wheat, 30, was a mother of three, and her father said the family wants answers they can give her children. She died in May 2016 at the Clark County Jail in Clark County, Indiana, after being found unresponsive in a holding cell and taken to a hospital, where life support was later stopped. The sheriff said surveillance video appears to show she died by suicide, and the Indiana State Police are investigating at the family's request. Toxicology results were still pending when the report was published, and it was not yet known what was around her neck.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel says surveillance video appears to show Candice Wheat strangled herself with an article around her neck; Indiana State Police are investigating at the family's request.
Reported by: Clark County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her); Indiana State Police (outside investigators).