Garrett Brewer
Garrett Brewer grew up in Caribou, loved to fish and hunt, and left a 13-year-old daughter. He died in his cell at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham on April 3, 2013, around 1:30 p.m. The Department of Corrections said the Attorney General's Office, the medical examiner and state police had been notified, and state police would investigate. His father, Thomas Brewer, said police told him his son went into insulin shock, and he questions the medical care his diabetic son received in prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). His father, Thomas Brewer, says police told him his son went into insulin shock, and he questions the quality of medical care his diabetic son received in prison.
Reported by: Thomas Brewer (father) (family or their lawyers); Department of Corrections spokesman Scott Fish (the agency that held him).