LeVaughn Dupree James
LeVaughn Dupree James was 45 years old. His mother, Mary James, told the lawsuit filed by ArchCity Defenders and the ACLU of Missouri that he called her nearly every day, joked with her, and was everything to her. He died on June 1, 2022, while held at the Northeast Correctional Center, a Missouri Department of Corrections facility, after a medical emergency; the lawsuit says he was found unresponsive in his holding cell and taken to Mercy Hospital, where he was diagnosed with cardiac arrest. The lawsuit says the department has withheld records about his death, including medical records and the autopsy report, and his mother says she has received little information about how he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. His mother's lawsuit says he suffered a medical emergency and was diagnosed with cardiac arrest at Mercy Hospital, and that the department has withheld his medical records and autopsy report.
Reported by: ArchCity Defenders and ACLU of Missouri lawsuit on behalf of Mary James (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His mother, Mary James, filed a lawsuit over his death with help from ArchCity Defenders and the ACLU of Missouri.