Justin Elijah Main
Justin Elijah Main, 46, died in 2025 in Knox County, Illinois, after he had been held in the county jail. His two daughters have sued the county, the sheriff, and the jail's medical contractor in federal court, alleging he went three days without his diabetes medication or blood-sugar monitoring and that his death was preventable. The defendants deny liability, and the sheriff's office has said he was no longer in custody when he died, which the lawsuit disputes. Official accounts attribute his death to complications of Type 2 diabetes, and the court has not yet resolved the claims.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). His daughters' federal lawsuit says jail staff and the medical contractor withheld his diabetes medication and blood-sugar monitoring for three days, and that his death was preventable; the defendants deny liability.
Reported by: Knox County (the agency that held him); his daughters' wrongful-death lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His daughters sued Knox County, its sheriff, the jail's medical contractor and jail staff in federal court over his death, and the defendants deny liability.