Matthew Vandergriff
Matthew Vandergriff died on August 28, 2025, while held at the Hamilton County Jail and Detention Center in Tennessee. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office attributes his death to cardiac arrest and says he had been routinely treated for a prior chronic illness. The summary of the account says corrections staff were notified of the cardiac arrest on the Thursday before he died, and that deputies and contract medical staff gave aid until an ambulance arrived, after which he was taken to a local hospital, where he died many hours later. The District Attorney's Office is investigating the death, and the manner of death is listed as pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Sheriff's Office says he went into cardiac arrest and had been routinely treated for a prior chronic illness, and the District Attorney's Office is investigating the death.
Reported by: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.