Diane Ruff
Diane Ruff was 31 and reportedly the mother of two young children, and a friend remembered her as compassionate. She had been held at the Elmore County Jail since May 7, 2009, and in the days before she died she told a fellow woman held there and the jail nurse that she did not feel well. She died in her cell in May 2009. The sheriff said a preliminary report pointed to a pulmonary embolism and that he saw no foul play.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The sheriff said a preliminary report showed a pulmonary embolism, and a fellow inmate says she told the nurse she was unwell before she died in her cell.
Reported by: Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin (the agency that held her); Elmore County Jail preliminary forensics report (medical examiner or coroner); fellow inmate.