Kenneth Hurley
Kenneth Lynn Hurley, 55, lived with schizophrenia, and his sister Vickie Hanson remembers him as someone who would give half of any money he had to people in need and wanted people to like him. He died on November 19, 2022, in his cell at the Multnomah County Detention Center, two days after he was booked there following hospital care at OHSU. The Multnomah County Medical Examiner lists pneumonia due to influenza and rhinovirus/enterovirus as the cause, with cardiovascular disease and obstructive pulmonary disease as contributing conditions. His sister questions how jail staff monitored his health and why no cameras covered his cell.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). The medical examiner ruled pneumonia with influenza and rhinovirus as the cause, while his sister questions how jail staff monitored his health and why no cameras covered his cell, and Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell said he died of natural causes.
Reported by: Multnomah County Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell (the agency that held him); his sister.