John Wayne Reynolds
John Wayne Reynolds died on June 5, 2012, while being held at the New Madrid County Jail in Missouri. According to a probable cause statement and an autopsy reported by KFVS, several other people held in a day room cell attacked him, and he walked back to his own cell and collapsed before being taken to a Sikeston hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The autopsy found a lacerated spleen caused by blunt force trauma. Five people held at the jail have been charged with second-degree murder in his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. According to KFVS, an autopsy found a lacerated spleen caused by blunt force trauma after other inmates assaulted him in a day room cell.
Reported by: autopsy, as reported by KFVS (medical examiner or coroner); KFVS (reporters).