Danielle Nicole Ellison
Danielle Ellison was 24 years old when she died at Greene County Prison in Pennsylvania. Greene County prosecutors said she died of an overdose from fentanyl-laced drugs that another person had brought into the Greene County jail, according to the Observer-Reporter. The newspaper reported that she was in a general population area of the jail and was later pronounced dead at a hospital near Waynesburg. The state's Commission on Crime and Delinquency lists the manner of death as pending investigation and gives the date as June 9, 2021, while the newspaper gives June 8.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Greene County prosecutors say she died after using fentanyl-laced drugs that another person had brought into the jail.
Reported by: Greene County prosecutors.