Elissa A. Lindhorst
Elissa A. Lindhorst, 28, of Glen Carbon, died on February 24, 2020, after jail staff found her unresponsive in the Madison County Jail in Edwardsville, Illinois, and she was taken to Anderson Hospital in Maryville, where she was pronounced dead. According to the Madison County Sheriff's Office report, she told officers she was withdrawing from fentanyl and had not used it for about a year, and deputies observed her vomiting several times and saying she felt unwell. Coroner Steve Nonn's autopsy found no immediate cause of death and no evidence of trauma, but microscopic and toxicology tests were pending and the Illinois State Police were investigating. The sheriff's office listed the manner of death as an accident, a classification the coroner had not confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The coroner's autopsy found no immediate cause and toxicology is pending, while the Madison County Sheriff's Office lists the manner as accident and its report says deputies saw her vomiting and feeling unwell from fentanyl withdrawal.
Reported by: Madison County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.