Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 50-year-old man from Glenolden, Pennsylvania, died in 2021 while held at a police lockup. According to a lawsuit, he was in opioid withdrawal and vomiting blood, was taken to a hospital and given morphine, and was then returned to a police district. The lawsuit says he died by suicide about three hours later.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). A lawsuit says the man died by suicide three hours after being returned to a police district, and that he was in opioid withdrawal and vomiting blood before he was taken to hospital.
Reported by: lawsuit.
Lawsuit: A lawsuit over his death alleges that he died by suicide at a police district in Pennsylvania three hours after being returned there from a hospital.