Steven Vansciver Jr.
Steven VanSciver was 41 when he died on February 29, 2020, in Philadelphia County. The Philadelphia Police Department reported his death to the state and listed the manner as natural causes. A news account places his death at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, and his family's lawsuit says he was one of four people who overdosed in the jail that day. The lawsuit's account of an overdose conflicts with the natural-causes classification in the official report. The case was settled for $85,000.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed). The Philadelphia Police Department reported the death as natural, but his family's lawsuit says he overdosed in the Curran-Fromhold jail.
Reported by: Philadelphia Police Department (the agency that held him); his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued over his death at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility and settled the case for $85,000.