Dayvion Devote Blake
Dayvion Devote Blake, 23, was held at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia when he died on August 31, 2023. His family remembers him as sweet, always laughing, with a great personality, and he left a 2-year-old daughter. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office says he was stabbed multiple times on the seventh floor of the jail, where four other people were also hurt. His family's attorneys say other people held there attacked him after malfunctioning locks were popped, and the family says more should have been done to protect him and plans to sue. An earlier WABE report said an autopsy was still pending for a man named Dayvion Blake who died at the same jail in 2023, and it is not confirmed whether that report concerns the same person.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). Fulton County Sheriff's Office says Blake was stabbed multiple times by another person held on the seventh floor, and his family's attorneys say he was attacked after malfunctioning locks were popped and that more should have been done to protect him.
Reported by: Fulton County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); the family's attorneys (family or their lawyers).