Maria Frisbee
Maria Frisbee, 41, was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Center around 6 p.m. on January 25, 2022, and the sheriff's office said she was placed on watch. According to a medical examiner report released in April 2022, she told medical staff she had swallowed a bag of drugs more than three hours before she was taken to Mission Hospital. She died at the hospital shortly before midnight, and the medical examiner attributes her death to methamphetamine toxicity and pulmonary edema. Soon after her death, the sheriff's office said the medical examiner had not determined a cause and that the State Bureau of Investigation was investigating. Sheriff Quentin Miller said her death was very personal to him and offered condolences to her family.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (neglect alleged). The medical examiner report attributes her death to methamphetamine toxicity and pulmonary edema, and the reporting says she was taken to Mission Hospital more than three hours after telling medical staff she had swallowed drugs.
Reported by: Buncombe County medical examiner report (medical examiner or coroner).