Douglas Walker
Douglas Walker, 33, was held at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said that on the night of Wednesday, April 2, 2014, his cellmate killed him, after other people held there reported a fight and deputies found him injured in his locked cell. His attorney, Diego Rodriguez, said he had not yet heard from the Sheriff's Office about the death. Rodriguez said Walker did not deserve such an end and that he was shocked and saddened by it.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says his cellmate stabbed him in the eyes with a golf pencil, cut his throat, beat him and blocked his breathing with a plastic bag and sandwich.
Reported by: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.