Jenny Roelfs
Jenny Roelfs, 30, of Loveland, died in February 2020 while held at the Larimer County Jail in Colorado. She was found unresponsive in her cell and pronounced dead shortly after. According to a letter from 8th Judicial District District Attorney Cliff Riedel, the coroner ruled her death an accidental heroin overdose and found no other injuries. The letter says there is no evidence that jail staff caused the death and that staff acted quickly to try to save her, and an investigation into how she obtained heroin in the jail is ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The district attorney's opinion letter, citing the coroner's ruling, says she died of an accidental heroin overdose and that there is no evidence jail staff caused it.
Reported by: county coroner; 8th Judicial District District Attorney Cliff Riedel's office.