Edward Dugan
Edward Dugan was 36 years old and of Eugene, Oregon, and his family has set up a website to draw attention to his death. He died in January 2023 at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla, a state prison. The Oregon Department of Corrections and the Medical Examiner's Office said he died of acute methamphetamine toxicity. His family says he was left for 78 hours in a dry cell before he died. Court documents link his death to methamphetamine allegedly supplied to him by another person.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (neglect alleged). The Oregon Department of Corrections and the Medical Examiner's Office attribute his death to acute methamphetamine toxicity, court records say another person allegedly supplied the drug, and his family says staff left him in a dry cell for 78 hours before he died.
Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); court documents.