Scott Babcock
Scott Babcock, 46, was held at the Saginaw County Jail in Michigan, where he was housed in a general population pod. According to the Saginaw County Sheriff's Office, about 20 minutes after he received his evening medications from jail medical staff, his cellmates alerted staff that he was unresponsive. Staff and medical personnel gave aid and an ambulance responded, but he did not regain consciousness and was pronounced dead on September 18, 2023. The undersheriff said the death is under investigation and an autopsy was scheduled. In October 2023 Sheriff Bill Federspiel said the death does not appear natural and that fentanyl is the likely cause, and said investigators are looking into whether another person gave him the drug.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Saginaw County Sheriff Bill Federspiel says the cardiac arrest was likely induced by fentanyl, that the death does not appear natural, and that investigators are checking whether another person gave him the drug.
Reported by: Saginaw County Sheriff Bill Federspiel (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.