Jesus De Leon
Jesus De Leon, 38, was the father of three and the fiancé of Diana Ramirez, the mother of his son. He was held at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, California, where, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by his family, he repeatedly told medical staff he had high blood pressure and headaches but was given ibuprofen rather than his prescribed treatment. The lawsuit says he collapsed in the jail from a brain aneurysm and brainstem stroke and was found about an hour later. He died at UC Irvine Medical Center on February 27, 2018, a week after collapsing, and the lawsuit names Orange County, jail staff and Sheriff Don Barnes as defendants. The Sheriff's Department disputes a grand jury's findings on cardiovascular deaths in county jails, and the individual defendants have moved to dismiss the case.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). His family's attorneys say jail medical staff ignored his repeated reports of high blood pressure and headaches and gave him ibuprofen instead of his prescribed treatment, and that he was found about an hour after collapsing.
Reported by: family's attorneys in a federal civil rights lawsuit against Orange County, jail staff and Sheriff Don Barnes (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued Orange County, jail staff and Sheriff Don Barnes in federal civil rights court over his death, and the case remains pending with no reported payment.