Roxanne Whitfield-Odle
Roxanne Whitfield-Odle died in July 2018, a few weeks after she was placed in the Monroe County Jail in New York. Her daughter has filed a lawsuit in Monroe County saying Roxanne had medical conditions and needed medications that jail staff did not provide, and that licensed health care professionals were not able to diagnose and treat her. The lawsuit seeks damages and calls the Sheriff's Office's conduct reckless. The Sheriff's Office declined to comment on the pending litigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). Her daughter's lawsuit says jail staff did not provide the medications she needed for her medical conditions and that health care staff failed to diagnose and treat her; the Sheriff's Office declined to comment on the pending litigation.
Reported by: daughter, in a lawsuit (family or their lawyers); Monroe County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her).
Lawsuit: Her daughter sued in Monroe County over her death at the Monroe County Jail in July 2018, alleging that staff withheld needed medications and that health care professionals failed to diagnose and treat her; no settlement or award amount is reported.