Jacqueline Montelongo
Jacqueline Montelongo, 50, died at Greenwood County Hospital on November 6, 2022, while in the custody of the Greenwood County Jail in Eureka, Kansas. Sheriff Heath Samuels said that earlier that evening another person held at the jail started a fire in a cell, which was quickly put out, and that the building was evacuated and ventilated. The sheriff said he could not say whether the fire was connected to her death. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating, as it does when someone dies in law enforcement custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Sheriff Heath Samuels said another inmate started a fire in a cell earlier that evening and he could not say whether the fire was connected to her death, while the Kansas Bureau of Investigation investigates.
Reported by: Greenwood County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her); Kansas Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).