Rodney Evans
Rodney Evans, 50, died on April 20, 2019, while held at the Graves County Jail in Graves County, Kentucky. According to a WKYT report, he was found unresponsive in the jail on the evening of April 20 and died at Baptist Health Paducah about five hours later. Kentucky State Police are investigating, and an autopsy is pending to determine whether an overdose caused his death. Investigators are also trying to determine where contraband may have come from, after another person held at the jail was taken to the hospital for an apparent overdose.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Kentucky State Police are investigating and are waiting for autopsy results to learn whether an overdose caused his death, while another person held at the jail was hospitalized for an apparent overdose.
Reported by: Kentucky State Police (outside investigators); Graves County Jail (the agency that held him).