Timothy Wade Williams
Timothy Wade Williams, 60, died on May 17, 2023, after he was booked into the Craighead County Detention Center in Arkansas. His niece, Meghan Benson, says he had been sick for days and pleaded with officers for hospital care that never came. The Craighead County Sheriff's Department said deputies were alerted to a medical emergency at the jail that morning, and he was taken to a local hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead. The sheriff's department is investigating, and the family says it wants answers about what happened.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). His niece says he had been sick for days and pleaded with officers for hospital care that never came, while the sheriff's department says deputies were alerted to a medical emergency on the morning he died and the cause is still under investigation.
Reported by: Craighead County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him); his niece.