Jacorey Shaw
Jacorey Shaw, 26, was training to join a California fire camp program, and according to the article he had no known health problems before his death. He collapsed at Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown after about two and a half hours of physical fitness testing for the firefighter training program and was pronounced dead a little over an hour later. An autopsy by Stanislaus County forensic pathologist Dr. Sung-ook Baik listed the death as natural, caused by an undiagnosed heart condition. His parents' federal lawsuit alleges a heat-related illness, a flawed autopsy and a cover-up by county and prison staff; the defendants have not admitted these allegations, and the county says it is investigating them.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed). The Stanislaus County forensic pathologist, Dr. Sung-ook Baik, ruled the death natural from an undiagnosed heart condition, while his parents' federal lawsuit says he died of heat-related illness and alleges a sham autopsy and cover-up.
Reported by: Stanislaus County forensic pathologist Dr. Sung-ook Baik (medical examiner or coroner); his parents' federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His parents filed a federal lawsuit alleging that heat-related illness, not an undiagnosed heart condition, caused his death, and no payment amount has been reported.