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died April 23, 2026 · Genesee County Jail, Genesee County, Michigan

A woman died on April 23, 2026, at the Genesee County Jail in Flint, Michigan, after a medical emergency that began while she was in custody. The Genesee County Sheriff's Office said her cause of death was complications of an undisclosed medical emergency and has not released details of how she died. The sheriff's office said staff did not deny her care once they found she was in medical distress, and it is conducting a full investigation. Officials have not publicly named her.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Genesee County Sheriff's Office says she died of complications of an undisclosed medical emergency and that staff did not deny her care after finding her in distress.

Reported by: Genesee County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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