Ross Wolfinger
Ross Wolfinger died by suicide, by hanging, in his segregation cell at Fountain prison in Alabama on August 22, 2018. According to U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson's ruling, reported by AL.com, he had cut his wrist less than a month earlier and had been placed on acute suicide watch. The judge's ruling says the officer assigned to security checks that night did not conduct them and falsely logged that he had. The summary in the record describes these findings as the ruling's account.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled that Wolfinger hanged himself, and the ruling says the officer assigned to security checks that night did none and falsely logged that he had.
Reported by: U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson (court).