Paul Wilbert Lee
Paul Wilbert Lee, 49, worked as a barber, mechanic, plumber and electrician, according to his sister. He had a medical emergency while held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, and later died at a hospital. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office attributed his death to complications from a heart attack and coronary artery disease, and disputes that he died in custody. A family autopsy places the heart attack on a sheriff's transport bus, and his sister believes he was harmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office attributes his death to complications of a heart attack and coronary atherosclerosis, and a family-commissioned autopsy also found a heart attack, which the family says occurred on a sheriff's bus.
Reported by: Alameda County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); family-commissioned autopsy (medical examiner or coroner).