Eric Casperson
Eric Casperson, 32, of Marshfield, died on March 4, 2016, at the Wood County Jail, where he was being held. The Wood County sheriff said a corrections officer was fired for failing to enforce a policy requiring guards to be able to see people in their cells at all times. Records reported by USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin say a corrections officer reported a possible hanging at 2:25 a.m. His mother, Pam Loos, says the county failed to recognize her son's suicide risk, and she has filed a $100,000 negligence claim and a federal civil suit. The county had not yet responded to the claim when the report was published.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). The county sheriff said a corrections officer was fired for failing to enforce the policy requiring guards to see people in their cells at all times, while his mother, Pam Loos, says the county failed to recognize his suicide risk in a negligence claim and federal civil suit.
Reported by: Wood County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Pam Loos, his mother, via negligence claim and federal civil suit (family or their lawyers); USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, county records (reporters).
Lawsuit: His mother, Pam Loos, filed a $100,000 negligence claim and a federal civil suit against Wood County, which had not responded to the claim as of the reporting.