Jacob Adejola Sr.
Jacob Adejola Sr., 64, of Bolingbrook, had been held at the Will County Jail since March 2019. On May 3, 2019, after abnormal lab results, jail medical staff recommended that he be sent to a hospital. He died there the next morning, May 4, 2019. The Will County Sheriff's Office and the Will County Coroner's Office said he died of natural causes, specifically cardiac arrhythmia.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The Will County Sheriff's Office and coroner attribute the death to natural causes, cardiac arrhythmia, and jail medical staff had recommended he be sent to the hospital after abnormal lab results on May 3.
Reported by: Will County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Will County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).