Sylvestre Inzunza
Sylvestre Inzunza was 18 years old when he died on February 2, 2021, while held at the Pima County Adult Detention Complex in Tucson, Arizona. His mother, Rosanne Inzunza, remembers him as a teenager the family fondly called "Fatty." According to a federal lawsuit filed by the family and a death table published by Arizona Luminaria, he died of a fentanyl overdose. The family says he was found unresponsive in his cell shortly after being booked, was revived with Narcan and taken to hospital, and was later returned to the jail and placed alone in a detox unit, where he overdosed again three days later. The family says they were told an investigation was opened but have received no updates, and the sheriff's office has said the case is closed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The family's federal lawsuit and Arizona Luminaria's death table attribute his death to a fentanyl overdose, three days after jail staff revived him from an earlier overdose.
Reported by: family's federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers); Arizona Luminaria (reporters).
Lawsuit: His family filed a federal lawsuit over his death at the Pima County Adult Detention Complex.