Derek Ragan
Derek Ragan, 51, of Cincinnati, trained his son Duke Ragan to box, and Duke later won an Olympic silver medal at the Tokyo Games; Derek called his son every day to check on him. He was held at the Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio, under U.S. Marshals Service custody when he contracted COVID-19 in November 2021. He was taken to the hospital on November 29 and died in early December, and his family says they were not notified until after he had died. The family says hospital staff told them the Marshals were blocking updates, and the Marshals dispute this, saying their Southern District of Ohio office followed its policy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. His family says he contracted COVID-19 in custody and died of it, and that hospital staff told them the U.S. Marshals were blocking updates, which the Marshals dispute.
Reported by: family.