Rebecca Esterline-Brixey
Rebecca Esterline-Brixey, 45, died on December 8, 2018, at the W.C. "Dub" Brassell Adult Detention Center in Jefferson County, Arkansas, where she was being held. A sheriff's office news report said she was found unresponsive in her cell that morning. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office later said she died of complications from alcohol withdrawal syndrome, and at the time of the first report the sheriff's office criminal investigation division and the state medical examiner were still working to determine the cause and manner of death. The sheriff's office said she was pronounced dead at 9:34 a.m.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says she died of complications from alcohol withdrawal syndrome, while its later account says the cause is pending a medical examiner's determination.
Reported by: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.