Demarcus Jarrett
Demarcus Jarrett, 29, died in July 2020 at the Shelby County Jail in Tennessee. The official cause of death, as reported by The Commercial Appeal, was an upper gastrointestinal bleed of undetermined cause, with anticoagulant therapy and fentanyl, morphine and tramadol toxicity listed as contributing. He was found unresponsive in his cell and taken to Regional One, where he died. According to his attorney, Brice Timmons, one guard covered four pods with no supervisor present, telephones were down and the radio was inoperable, and the guard left two pods unsupervised for about an hour and fifteen minutes and found Jarrett had collapsed on returning.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The official cause was an upper gastrointestinal bleed of undetermined cause with fentanyl, morphine and tramadol toxicity contributing, while attorney Brice Timmons says internal bleeding and an adverse medical reaction killed him and that a single guard left two pods unsupervised for about 75 minutes, finding him collapsed on return.
Reported by: Shelby County medical examiner (official cause as reported by The Commercial Appeal) (medical examiner or coroner); attorney Brice Timmons (family or their lawyers).