Timothy McQuesten
Timothy McQuesten, 49, died in January 2021 while held at the Adult Correctional Institutions intake center in Rhode Island. He had been placed on crisis management status in a single cell, where he was to be monitored, and he was found unresponsive there and pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital. The Department of Corrections said the death appeared to be a suicide, while two sources told NBC 10 News that he died after choking on his own mask. In July 2022 a Providence County grand jury indicted correctional officer Geoffrey Peters on a manslaughter charge, which the attorney general's office says alleges criminal negligence in his duty of care; Peters has not been tried on these allegations.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident (disputed; neglect alleged). The Department of Corrections said the death appeared to be a suicide, while the attorney general's office and State Police said he choked on his face mask, and a grand jury indicted a correctional officer over alleged failures in his duty of care while he was on crisis management status.
Reported by: Rhode Island Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Rhode Island attorney general's office and State Police (outside investigators); NBC 10 News, citing two sources (reporters).