Tiffany Davis
Tiffany Davis, 39, was a mother of three who worked as a phlebotomist, and her mother said she loved her children 'with all her heart.' In February 2020 she was held at the Muskegon County Jail in Michigan, where she developed a headache that led to vomiting and seizures. Her cellmate and her mother say they asked jail staff to send her to the hospital, and her mother says staff refused her repeated requests; the family's federal lawsuit says no ambulance was called until the next afternoon. She was taken to a hospital with multiple brain hemorrhages and died there, though accounts give February 21 or February 24 as the date; her neurosurgeon said earlier transport might have helped, and an autopsy attributes the hemorrhages to an infection. The lawsuit alleges deliberate indifference by deputies and medical staff, the sheriff said he had not received notice of it, and an earlier independent review found no wrongdoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). The autopsy attributes her death to infection-related brain hemorrhages, but her family's federal lawsuit alleges deputies and medical staff ignored her cellmate's and mother's requests to send her to the hospital and delayed calling an ambulance until the next afternoon, and the sheriff says he had not received notice of the lawsuit.
Reported by: autopsy report obtained by Target 8 (medical examiner or coroner); Dr. Christopher Marquart, neurosurgeon; family's attorney in federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers); Target 8 (reporters).
Lawsuit: Her family filed a federal lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference by deputies and medical staff at the Muskegon County Jail.