Larry Charles Babin, Jr.
Larry Charles Babin, Jr., 51, of Cotter, Arkansas, died on January 6, 2024, after being held at the Baxter County Detention Center. The Baxter County Sheriff's Office said jail staff found him unresponsive in his cell during a morning check and took him by ambulance to Baxter Health, where he died later that morning. The sheriff's office and the Arkansas State Police are investigating, and the body was sent for autopsy to determine cause and manner of death. A federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by his estate alleges he was denied his prescribed medication, was not adequately screened for medical needs, and was refused hospital transport while going through alcohol withdrawal; friends say they tried by phone and in person to get his medication to him.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed; neglect alleged). The Baxter County Sheriff's Office said he was found unresponsive during routine checks and the cause awaits autopsy, while his estate's federal wrongful death lawsuit says staff withheld his prescribed medication, denied him hospital transport during alcohol withdrawal, and failed to screen him medically.
Reported by: Baxter County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Arkansas State Police (outside investigators); estate of Larry Charles Babin, Jr., through a federal wrongful death lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: The estate of Larry Charles Babin, Jr. filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging that Baxter County jail staff withheld his prescribed medication, inadequately screened his medical needs, and denied him hospital transport while he was going through alcohol withdrawal.