Joseph Boivin
Joseph Boivin, 49, of Shorewood, was held at the Milwaukee County Jail in March 2025 and was taken to hospitals after a health crisis, where he died. The jail's health care provider reported that emergency protocols and naloxone were used without success before he was transported. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office, as stated in a letter from the district attorney's office released by the sheriff's office, attributed his death to a brain bleed from a head injury he sustained before his arrest and ruled the manner accidental. An earlier sheriff's statement listed the manner as pending, and Waukesha County investigators reported finding no basis for criminal liability by jail employees.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office attributed the death to a brain bleed from a head injury sustained before his arrest and ruled the manner accidental, as stated in a Milwaukee County District Attorney letter released by the Sheriff's Office.
Reported by: Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office; Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him).