Marty Brown
Marty Brown, 25, died on July 23, 2024, while held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County, South Carolina. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Marty died of a pentazocine overdose, a narcotic painkiller that has begun to appear as an alternative to fentanyl, and that the drug was smuggled into the jail. Marty's death was the second drug death at the jail in two days, and it came while the jail was under a federal civil rights investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says Marty Brown died of a pentazocine overdose after drugs were smuggled into the jail.
Reported by: Richland County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Leon Lott) (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.