Died in jail or a lockup
Jodi Sonnier
Jodi Sonnier was 50 years old and was held at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans. The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said she died of an ongoing terminal illness on September 28, 2024, after being moved from the jail on September 2 to University Medical Center, where she was in hospice care. Her family had been approved for a visit the week before she died. The sheriff's office provided no further details about her death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said she died of an ongoing terminal illness and provided no other details.
Reported by: Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.