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David Walton

died May 5, 2019 · Wake County Jail, Wake County, North Carolina

David Walton died on May 5, 2019, after falling ill at the Wake jail in North Carolina. A News & Observer report published April 3, 2020, said state inspectors cited the jail for failing to document checks in holding cells where people wait to be processed. The jail said it was putting in systems to log those checks.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). David Walton fell ill at the Wake jail; state inspectors cited the jail for failing to document checks in holding cells, and the jail said it was putting in systems to log those checks.

Reported by: Wake jail (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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