Thomas Colardo
Thomas Colardo, a 66-year-old Conyers resident, lived with a blood-clotting disorder. He died in 2012 at the Rockdale County Jail, where he was being held. His attorneys, in a wrongful death suit against Rockdale County, say his platelet disorder kept his blood from clotting and that he began bleeding from the nose and rectum. They say a blood draw was delayed about five hours after a physician ordered it, and that he was taken to a hospital, where he fell into a coma and died. The county is still in litigation with his attorneys.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). Colardo's attorneys say jail staff delayed a blood draw about five hours after a physician ordered it, and that he died from bleeding linked to a platelet disorder.
Reported by: Colardo's attorneys, in a wrongful death suit against Rockdale County (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His attorneys sued Rockdale County over his death in 2012, and the case remains in litigation.