Rachel Anne Banks
Rachel Anne Banks, 34, was a mother of two from the Salisbury area who liked to draw, cook with her mother and swim, and her family remembers her as friendly and pretty. In June 2024 she hanged herself in the Rowan County jail, according to the hospital doctor's account relayed to her family. She was taken to hospital and released from custody the next day while still alive, and died about three weeks later without regaining consciousness. State inspectors later cited jail staff for failing to supervise her adequately, a finding her family said they learned only a year after her death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). A hospital doctor, as relayed to her family, said she hanged herself in the jail, and state inspectors later cited Rowan County jail staff for failing to supervise her adequately.
Reported by: family, relaying a hospital doctor's account (family or their lawyers).