Lorenzo Flores
Lorenzo Flores died on August 3, 2017, at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City, where he had recently been moved. His surviving child sued prison staff and the medical contractor, and the lawsuit says nurses failed to respond to clear signs of distress and dehydration before he collapsed in his cell. Lawyers for his child said he had long-standing schizophrenia. The defendants say he showed no obvious distress until he collapsed, and a federal judge has sent the claims to a jury. The blood clot named as the cause comes from the lawsuit's account and the death records, and the manner of death has not been established by officials.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). The Colorado Department of Corrections account lists his death as natural, while his surviving child's federal lawsuit says nurses failed to respond to clear signs of distress and dehydration before he collapsed in his cell.
Reported by: Colorado Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); his surviving child's federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His surviving child sued prison staff and a medical contractor in federal court, arguing nurses failed to respond to signs of distress and dehydration, and a federal judge has sent the claims to a jury.