Linda Yearwood
Linda Yearwood, 50, was a grandmother, and her daughter, Allison Anderson, has said she wants answers about her mother's death. Yearwood was held at the Newton County jail in Georgia in 2016, where she reportedly jumped from the second floor of a cell block and struck a metal table below. She died the next day at a local hospital. Anderson says better mental health screening and records could have prevented the death, while the sheriff has said the outcome would not have changed, and an autopsy was pending when the death had not yet been officially ruled a suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). Her daughter says better mental health screening and records could have prevented her death, while the sheriff says the outcome would not have changed.
Reported by: medical report; news reporting on the jump from the second floor.