Dalynn Kee
Dalynn Kee was 21 when she died in October 2019 while held at the Macon County Jail in Macon County, Illinois. A lawsuit says she was detoxing from alcohol and opioids and had withdrawal symptoms that jail medical staff failed to treat. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Accounts of the exact date of her death differ across the records that report it.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). A lawsuit says jail medical staff failed to treat her opioid and alcohol withdrawal symptoms before she was found unresponsive at the Macon County Jail.
Reported by: lawsuit; news report.
Lawsuit: Her family sued Macon County and its jail medical provider over her death at the Macon County Jail, and no amount is reported.