Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey was a former tribal chairman and councilor with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Michigan Department of Corrections officials said he was found unresponsive in his cell at Kinross Correctional Facility in Kincheloe on September 2, 2021, then taken to a nearby hospital and flown to a downstate hospital, where he died on September 8. Officials said a cardiac issue was the likely cause, and the manner of death was pending while the medical examiner decides whether to perform an autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Michigan Department of Corrections officials believe a cardiac issue caused his death, and the medical examiner has not yet decided whether an autopsy will be performed.
Reported by: Michigan Department of Corrections officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.