Name not reported
A person held at the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office jail died on May 12, 2025, while staff were responding to a medical emergency, according to the sheriff's office, which said the death was unrelated to the medical emergency it described. The same morning, seven people were left for about two hours in a transport van, and one of them kicked out a window to get the others out. The sheriff's office said the death was unrelated to that van incident. Nothing in the sources identifies the person by name.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the death was an unrelated medical emergency, separate from a van incident in which seven people were left in a transport van for about two hours.
Reported by: Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.