Died in jail or a lockup
Emerson Healy
Emerson Healy, 55, died on June 22, 2021, while held at the Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Sheriff's Office said he was found unresponsive in his cell and was taken to Atrium Health, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later. The Sheriff's Office has not given a cause of death; the State Bureau of Investigation was to investigate, and the county medical examiner was to determine the cause. A later Charlotte Observer timeline listed his death as the 24th at the jail since 2008, and the reporting does not state a cause.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Charlotte Observer (reporters).
Sources (3)
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