Kayla Renea Miller
Kayla Renea Miller, 25, was from Niles, Michigan, and had worked as a waitress; she would have turned 26 in August. She died on July 16, 2015, while held at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility near Ypsilanti, Michigan. Her death certificate lists heroin toxicity as the cause and classifies the death as an accident. Michigan State Police investigated, and the Department of Corrections said the death was possibly drug-related, but at the time of reporting it was not clear how the drug got into the prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Her death certificate lists heroin toxicity and the death was ruled an accident, while Michigan State Police investigated how the drug entered the prison.
Reported by: death certificate; Michigan State Police (outside investigators).