Nelson Gam
Nelson Gam, 65, died by hanging in September 2022 while held at the Theo Lacy jail in Orange County, California. According to the district attorney's office, which said the death was a suicide, he had handed a nurse a note asking for help hours earlier and wrote that he felt depressed and anxious. The note was reportedly handled as a routine request with a response expected within 24 hours. The district attorney's investigation said deputies watching the cameras would have seen him tying his bedsheet, a claim that is set against the account that he had asked for help.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The district attorney's office says Gam died by hanging, and a district attorney investigation says deputies watching the cameras would have seen him tying his bedsheet; he had handed a nurse a note asking for help, which was handled as a routine request with a response expected within 24 hours.
Reported by: district attorney's office (outside investigators).