Robert Dean Fowler
Robert Dean Fowler, 37, of Mooresville, North Carolina, died while held at the Rutherford County Detention Center. The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office said he died of complications from an apparent drug overdose. The sheriff and district attorney asked the State Bureau of Investigation to conduct an independent investigation. Another person held at the facility has been charged in connection with his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office says he died of complications from an apparent drug overdose, and another person held at the jail has been charged in connection with the death.
Reported by: Rutherford County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); State Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).