Daniel Matthews
Daniel Matthews was 17 when he died on May 31, 2003, at the Pinellas County Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Florida. His mother, Diana Matthews, said she was devastated and that there was no reason for her son's death. A guard mistakenly opened the cell doors of Daniel and another youth, and the two ended up in a fight in a hallway. Daniel collapsed and died of blunt head trauma, from a blow to the temple or from the fall that followed. A senior detention officer was fired and an assistant superintendent was suspended in connection with the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A fight with another youth in a hallway after a guard mistakenly opened two cell doors led to blunt head trauma from a blow to the temple or the fall that followed.
Reported by: Pinellas County Regional Juvenile Detention Center (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.