Died in custody
Name not reported
Lason Butler, 27, died in South Carolina, and a preliminary autopsy cited in a Tradeoffs article attributes the death to dehydration. The autopsy reportedly also noted possible postmortem animal activity. The article presents Lason Butler's death as one of several jail deaths from starvation and dehydration that it examines.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. A preliminary autopsy reportedly found that he died of dehydration, and the article lists his death among jail starvation and dehydration deaths it examines.
Reported by: preliminary autopsy.