Shameka Baker
Shameka Baker, 37, died in November 2019 while held at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Prison officials said she was found unresponsive in her cell on November 4, and she was taken to a hospital in cardiac arrest, where she was pronounced dead on November 6. An autopsy by the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner's Office attributes her death to a fentanyl overdose, according to The Detroit News. The Michigan Department of Corrections and Michigan State Police are investigating how she obtained the drug.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Washtenaw County Medical Examiner's Office autopsy attributes her death to a fentanyl overdose.
Reported by: Washtenaw County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).