Nathan Casey
Nathan Casey, 32, had lifelong asthma, and his mother has filed a lawsuit over his death at the Polk County Jail in Missouri. According to the lawsuit, he began an asthma attack during recreation in August 2020, and staff allegedly ignored him banging on a door for several minutes and gave him only two breaths from an inhaler. He had told jail staff he was having trouble breathing, and the lawsuit says he was declared brain-dead on August 28, 2020. The lawsuit says the autopsy attributed his death to bronchial asthma, and the county and sheriff's office had not responded to the claims in the article.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). His mother's lawsuit says staff ignored his banging on a door for several minutes during an asthma attack and gave him only two inhaler breaths, while the autopsy attributed his death to bronchial asthma.
Reported by: lawsuit filed by his mother, citing the autopsy (family or their lawyers); autopsy.
Lawsuit: His mother sued over his death, alleging that Polk County Jail staff ignored his asthma attack and gave him only two breaths from an inhaler.