Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 22-year-old man died on August 31, 2019, after being found in distress inside his cell at the Theo Lacy Jail in Orange, California, and taken to a hospital. The sheriff's department has not released his name, and no other details about him are available in these accounts. The sheriff's department has not stated a cause or manner of death, and an independent investigation into his death is underway.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed). The sheriff's department has not released a cause of death, and an independent investigation into the death is underway.
Reported by: sheriff's department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.