DaMenique Lajuan Beasley
DaMenique Lajuan Beasley, a 36-year-old man from Kent, Washington, died on May 15, 2025, after a medical emergency while he was in the custody of Kent police and held at the City of Kent Corrections Facility. Police said the emergency followed an incident during his arrest that officers intervened in, and that medics took him to Valley Medical Center in Renton, where he died. The King County Medical Examiner's Office ruled his death natural in a report dated December 26, 2025, and attributed it to complications after a seizure and cardiac arrest in the setting of chronic opioid and methamphetamine use disorder. Police said the hospital had medically cleared him before he was taken to the jail for booking.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The King County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death natural, citing complications of seizure and cardiac arrest with chronic opioid and methamphetamine use disorder.
Reported by: King County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Kent Police Department (the agency that held him).