Larry Trent
Larry Trent, 54, died on July 9, 2013, while held at the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Perry County, Kentucky, where he had been unable to post bond. A federal grand jury indicted two former deputy jailers, alleging they used excessive force, failed to get him medical care, and that one of them falsified a jail log. According to a Justice Department release, the beating began after he ran out of his cell and continued after he was carried back, and staff did not get him medical attention before another jailer found his body about four hours later. The jail administrator's report classified the death as a homicide, while earlier state corrections records listed it as an altercation with the cause pending. A state manslaughter indictment against the same two men is still pending, and a civil suit against the jail's insurer was later settled for $2.375 million.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed; neglect alleged). The Justice Department says two former deputy jailers beat Larry Trent and failed to get him medical care, and a federal grand jury indicted them; state corrections records first called the death an altercation with the cause pending.
Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators); federal grand jury; Kentucky River Regional Jail administrator's report (the agency that held him); state corrections records.
Lawsuit: A civil suit over Larry Trent's death at the Kentucky River Regional Jail was settled for $2.375 million, according to a federal Department of Justice release.