Earl Alphonzo Bolar
Earl Alphonzo Bolar, 48, died on August 17, 2011, after he was attacked in a holding cell at the Richmond County jail in Georgia. He was taken to the emergency room at Medical College of Georgia Hospital with severe head injuries. The Richmond County Sheriff's Office said the attack lasted only seconds and that deputies could not have prevented it, and it said the cause of death was severe head injuries from a beating. Autopsy results were still pending at the time of reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Richmond County Sheriff's Office says another detainee attacked Bolar in a holding cell and that the attack lasted only seconds, so deputies could not have prevented it.
Reported by: Richmond County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.