Richard Bild
Richard Bild, 45, died on June 29, 2018, while held in custody in Washington County, Minnesota. The records describe him as a man and say he died after jumping from the top level of a housing unit at the Washington County Jail, a fall of two stories, according to jail commander Roger Heinen. He was taken to Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, where he died that afternoon. The jail's account is that he took his own life; his wife said he should have been on suicide watch, and his attorney said he had threatened to kill himself and should have been kept on lockdown.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The jail commander, Roger Heinen, said Richard Bild jumped from the top level of a housing unit; his wife says he should have been on suicide watch, and his attorney says he had threatened to kill himself and should have been kept in lockdown.
Reported by: Washington County Jail (Jail Commander Roger Heinen) (the agency that held him); Bild's wife (family or their lawyers); Bild's attorney (family or their lawyers).