Gary Van Wolf
Gary Van Wolf, 64, died on September 18, 2010, in the Sebastian County Jail in Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the verdict in a criminal case over his death, which found that another person held at the jail strangled him in a cell. His brother filed a federal lawsuit alleging the county and jail failed to properly supervise and separate people held there. In March 2013 the Quorum Court approved $145,000 toward settling that lawsuit.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the detainee who strangled Van Wolf in his cell, and his brother's federal lawsuit says the county and jail failed to properly supervise and segregate inmates.
Reported by: Arkansas Supreme Court (court); jury in the criminal case; Van Wolf's brother, in a federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Gary Van Wolf's brother sued Sebastian County and the jail over his death, and the Quorum Court approved $145,000 toward settling the suit in March 2013.