Died in jail or a lockup

Eric Terrell

35 years old · died May 5, 2017 · Washington jail, District of Columbia, District of Columbia

Eric Terrell, 35, died at the D.C. jail in Washington on May 5, 2017. The District's medical examiner's autopsy found that he died of an overdose of heroin, fentanyl and diphenhydramine, and classified the death as accidental. The medical examiner's office attributed the drugs to an accidental overdose, and the reporting raised questions about how drugs reached people inside the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The District medical examiner's autopsy found he died of an overdose of heroin, fentanyl and diphenhydramine and ruled it accidental.

Reported by: District medical examiner office (medical examiner or coroner).

News report

Two D.C. jail inmates found dead in May died from opioid overdoses The Washington Post, June 20, 2017

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