Thomas Diskin
Thomas Diskin, 57, died in January 2023 at the Cook County Correctional Facility in Chicago, where he was held. Investigators reported finding singed paper scraps near him, and a lab later found they were soaked in the synthetic cannabinoid Pinaca, which one outlet said was lethal when smoked, and the Cook County Sheriff's Office was cited as the source of the drug finding. One account described him as slumped near his cell's toilet with no visible sign of a struggle, and it reported at least six deaths in 2023 linked to smoking similar paper.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Investigators found paper scraps soaked in the synthetic cannabinoid Pinaca near Thomas Diskin, and a lab confirmed it; the Cook County Sheriff's Office attributed the death to that drug.
Reported by: Cook County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); news reports.