Died in jail or a lockup
Gloria O'Connor
Gloria O'Connor died in 2013 while held at the Saunders County Jail in Nebraska. Her son Shane rushed back from a college baseball trip in Minnesota when he learned her health was failing. Her family said she had serious mental illness and questioned whether the jail was equipped to house her. According to her autopsy, she was found unresponsive in her cell and taken to a medical facility, where the cause of death was listed as heart failure and the manner as undetermined.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The autopsy listed heart failure as the cause and the manner as undetermined, and her family questioned whether the jail was equipped to house her.
Reported by: autopsy.