Lorraine Gardner
Lorraine Gardner was 22 and was held at the Marion County Jail in Florida. Deputies say another woman held in the jail passed her heroin and fentanyl, and that she became unresponsive shortly afterward. The medical examiner ruled her death the result of combined drug toxicity. A September 2018 sheriff's office report said the investigation into her death was continuing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The medical examiner ruled the death combined drug toxicity from heroin and fentanyl that deputies say another detainee smuggled in and passed to her; one report says the investigation is still continuing.
Reported by: Marion County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her); Marion County medical examiner (medical examiner or coroner).