Colby Crawford
Colby Crawford died on February 22, 2017, in his cell at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans. The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office ruled his death an accident from a cocaine overdose, and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office investigated how the drug got into the jail and pursued a charge against a man accused of supplying it. His family said they were glad of the arrests but troubled that he died in a jail where they expected him to be safe, and attorney Emily Washington called the death preventable.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office ruled it an accidental cocaine overdose, and the family, through their attorney, said they expected him to be safe in the jail.
Reported by: Orleans Parish Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); family, through attorney Stephen Haedicke (family or their lawyers).