Shane Lemperle
Shane Lemperle died on December 22, 2018, while held at the Albany County Jail. According to Sheriff Craig Apple's office, he was found unresponsive in his cell on a Saturday morning, and no exact cause of death had been determined, with an autopsy scheduled for that Monday. The sheriff said a dark gray powder found in Lemperle's sock tested as a mix of heroin and fentanyl, which he suspected was a drug called 'Grey Death' that had been smuggled into the jail. The death remains under investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Sheriff Craig Apple said a powder found in Lemperle's sock tested as a heroin-fentanyl mix and suspected an overdose, but no official cause had been determined and an autopsy was pending.
Reported by: Albany County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.