Gynnya McMillen
Gynnya McMillen was 16 years old when she died on January 11, 2018, while held at the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Staff found her unresponsive in her cell. The autopsy report attributes her death to a sudden cardiac arrhythmia, a rare heart condition, and says she died in her sleep. Two detention center employees were later indicted on misdemeanor official misconduct charges, which allege they failed to perform a required bed check on her.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The autopsy report says she died in her sleep from a rare heart condition, and two detention center employees were later indicted for allegedly failing to perform a required bed check.
Reported by: autopsy report.