Timothy Peters
Timothy Peters was held at the Hernando County Detention Center in Florida, and his death was reported as occurring on April 15 or 16, 2022. Deputies removed him from his cell during an incident and secured him in a restraint chair, where he became unresponsive, and he died at a hospital. The sheriff's office said he appeared to have had a cardiac event after detention workers found him unresponsive in his cell, while a report on jail video said the footage shows him in distress before his death. In April 2023 the sheriff released video and the results of an investigation, and a medical examiner review found only superficial scrapes and no trauma injuries.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Sheriff's Office says Peters had a cardiac event after staff found him unresponsive, and a medical examiner review found no trauma injuries after he became unresponsive in a restraint chair.
Reported by: Hernando County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.