Johnnie Leonard
Johnnie Leonard was held in a holding cell at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Alameda County, California, on October 24, 2019. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office said he was observed snorting an unidentified substance and then went into medical distress. He was taken to Valley Care Medical Center, where he died. The sheriff's office said there were no signs of foul play, and the coroner placed a press hold on further details, so the cause of death had not been publicly established.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office said Leonard went into medical distress after snorting an unidentified substance in the Santa Rita Jail holding cell and that there were no signs of foul play.
Reported by: Alameda County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.