Junior Ladtrik
Junior Ladtrik, 26, of Fayetteville, died in his cell at the Washington County Detention Center on September 5, 2020. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said surveillance video shows him hanging from a bed rail after a jail check had found him present, and it described his death as a suicide. A deputy who was dispensing medications found him, and deputies and medical staff tried CPR before EMS and firefighters pronounced him dead on the scene. The Sheriff's Office asked Fayetteville police to investigate and is conducting an internal review of whether policy was followed. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that weeks before his death he had been moved to a single-person cell after telling deputies he was afraid of other people held there.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said surveillance video shows he was found hanging from a bed rail in his cell, and the article does not state how the death was classified.
Reported by: Washington County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.