Dwan White Owl
Dwan White Owl, 42, was held at the Red Lake Detention Center in Beltrami County, Minnesota, when she died on June 12, 2023. Her sister, Shelly Belgarde, remembered her as a beautiful, kind-hearted woman whose laugh and smile could light up any room. Her family says she was ill with cold sweats, migraines, chest and stomach pains, and vomiting, and that staff were repeatedly asked for medical help. According to the summary of the reporting, she was taken to Red Lake Hospital once and then returned to the jail before being found unresponsive, and she was pronounced dead at the hospital. No cause of death has been released, and an FBI investigation is ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed; neglect alleged). Her family says staff ignored repeated requests for medical help for her illness, and her daughter and a cellmate say she was returned to the jail after one hospital visit, while no cause of death has been released and the FBI investigation is ongoing.
Reported by: Red Lake Detention Center (the agency that held her); her family; her daughter and a cellmate.