Marty J. Brown
Marty Brown, 25, died at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County, South Carolina, in July 2024. The sheriff's office, through Sheriff Leon Lott, said Brown died of a drug overdose, first attributing it to fentanyl and later to pentazocine, and said the drugs were smuggled into the jail. Sources give July 22 and July 23 as the date of death, and the sheriff's department first described the death as suspicious pending autopsy. The coroner identified Brown, and the sheriff's office opened a criminal investigation into how the drugs entered the jail, along with an internal investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Sheriff Leon Lott says Marty Brown died of a fentanyl overdose, and later accounts say pentazocine, with authorities saying the drugs were smuggled into the jail.
Reported by: Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott (the agency that held them); Richland County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held them); Richland County Coroner (medical examiner or coroner).
Sources (4)
- Three inmates at Richland County jail overdosed on fentanyl, synthetic drug. Two died
- Coroner identifies 2 men found dead a day apart at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center
- Smuggled drugs killed 2 inmates at troubled Richland County jail, sheriff says
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