Dyron Mandell Brewer
Dyron Mandell Brewer, 24, died on September 5, 2004, at the N.A. Chaderjian juvenile facility in Stockton, California, about a month after he was placed there. His mother, Connie Brewer, said he had never had health problems. The San Joaquin County autopsy attributed his death to natural causes, citing cardiac arrhythmia and a cardiac anomaly of undetermined type. His family disputes that account and points to a black eye recorded in a private examination.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed). The San Joaquin County autopsy attributed the death to natural causes, citing cardiac arrhythmia; his family disputes this, saying he had no known health problems and that a private examination recorded a black eye the official report does not mention.
Reported by: San Joaquin County autopsy report (medical examiner or coroner); private examination commissioned by the family; Dyron Brewer's family (family or their lawyers).