Died in jail or a lockup
Jacob Russell
Jacob Russell, 56, was held at the Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Family members have said he had a long history of mental illness. According to a bench trial ruling by Judge Rowena Somerville, another person held at the facility fatally beat him in November 2019, and he died on December 25, 2019, after a coma, in a hospice facility inside the Kalihi jail. The state did not publicly announce the death or name him, and his family later identified him.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Judge Rowena Somerville ruled in a bench trial that another inmate fatally beat him, stomping on his head and neck.
Reported by: Judge Rowena Somerville (court); state corrections officials.