Deaths in Custody
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David Barefield

55 years old · died May 12, 2024 · Sacramento County Main Jail, Sacramento County, California

David Barefield, 55, died at the Sacramento County Main Jail on May 12, 2024. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said he died of fentanyl and methamphetamine intoxication. Whether staff checked on him or responded in time before his death is not addressed in the material available.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose

Reported by: Sacramento County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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