Died in jail or a lockup
Jerome Monroe
Jerome Monroe, 56, died in 2017 while held at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois. Records obtained through Freedom of Information requests by the Illinois Deaths in Custody Project give the cause of death as his dying in his sleep. No one who knew him is quoted about who he was, and the account of his death is drawn from those records alone.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Records obtained by the Illinois Deaths in Custody Project through Freedom of Information requests say he died in his sleep.
Reported by: Illinois Deaths in Custody Project (advocates).