Lance Thomas
Lance Thomas, a Black man who was 60, had been held at the DuPage County Jail for nearly two months when he died on June 24, 2020. A deputy noticed that he had not collected his lunch tray and found him not breathing. According to a coroner's report, Thomas had a schizophrenia diagnosis, had not eaten breakfast or taken his medications that morning, and was markedly thin and frail. The DuPage County Sheriff's Office reported the manner of death as natural. The article says the weekly weight checks he was supposed to have could not be found.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The DuPage County Sheriff's Office said he died of natural causes, while a coroner's report noted he had refused his breakfast and medications that morning and that the weekly weight checks he was supposed to have could not be found.
Reported by: DuPage County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.