Machelle Hobson
Machelle Hobson spoke often with her father by phone while she was held at the Pinal County Adult Detention Center in Arizona for about two months. In recorded calls she said she had lost 65 pounds, was too weak to stand, and feared her kidneys would fail, and she asked why no one had reported how sick she was. Deputies took her to a hospital, where she died, and the deputies described her death as caused by a natural medical event.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Deputies describe the death as a natural medical event, but her recorded phone calls from the jail describe rapid weight loss and weakness, and the article reports that she was denied care as her health declined.
Reported by: deputies. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.