Rose Marie Taylor
Rose Marie Taylor was talking with her girlfriend in a parking lot in Alexandria, Louisiana, when police officers approached, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit says the officers blocked the car, handcuffed her and threw her onto the hood of a police cruiser. It says they then denied her medical care at a local hospital for injuries that later led to her death at the Rapides Parish Detention Center. The lawsuit reports that a coroner ruled her death a homicide, and a jury trial in the case is scheduled for August 2024.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (neglect alleged). The coroner ruled the death a homicide, and a lawsuit says Alexandria police officers threw her onto a cruiser hood and then denied her medical care at a hospital for injuries that later led to her death.
Reported by: the coroner; the lawsuit.
Lawsuit: Her family sued the Rapides Parish sheriff and Alexandria police over her death, and a jury trial is scheduled for August 2024.