Sarah Breana Miller
Sarah Breana Miller, 21, died on October 2, 2007, after being held at the Madison County Metro Jail. The sheriff's office said that while she was posting bond, deputies noticed she was in distress, and on-duty medical staff called an ambulance that took her to Huntsville Hospital, where she died. A preliminary autopsy, according to the sheriff's office, found eight bags of suspected crack cocaine in her stomach that she had swallowed before being booked. A later report described the death as a drug overdose, with the investigation still underway when it was published.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Madison County Sheriff's Office said a preliminary autopsy found she died of a drug overdose after swallowing eight bags of suspected crack cocaine before being booked.
Reported by: Madison County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her); autopsy.