Terry Bagget
Terry Bagget, 42, died on December 23, 2020, at the Baton Rouge Police Department's 1st District Precinct, where he was in custody. The police department said he complained of medical difficulty during the evening and was taken to a hospital for evaluation before being returned to the precinct to have his paperwork processed. While that processing was underway, the department said, he appeared to be in physical distress, and he died at the precinct after fire and EMS were called. The coroner was notified, and the cause of death is pending an autopsy, with the department saying the death remains under investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Baton Rouge Police Department says he complained of medical difficulty and appeared to be in physical distress before he died at the precinct, and the cause awaits an autopsy.
Reported by: Baton Rouge Police Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.