Isaiah Hernandez-Sanchez
Isaiah Hernandez-Sanchez, 29, died in September 2021 while held at the West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino County, California. His family says he had Type 1 diabetes and severe mental illness, and that his mother and sister brought his medication to the jail. The county coroner's autopsy report called the death a sudden cardiac incident, but the family says deputies failed to give him his medication and that his mother saw visible injuries on his body at the mortuary. The family has sued San Bernardino County and the Sheriff's Department, and the lawsuit says the autopsy report had missing pages. The Sheriff's Department did not comment on the pending lawsuit.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). The San Bernardino County Coroner's autopsy called it a sudden cardiac incident, but his family's lawsuit says deputies withheld his diabetes medication, his mother saw visible injuries at the mortuary, and the autopsy report had missing pages.
Reported by: San Bernardino County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued San Bernardino County and the Sheriff's Department over his death at the West Valley Detention Center, and the lawsuit is pending with no amount reported.