Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held in a Virginia jail died by suicide after a medication was discontinued, according to the family, who said so in a civil lawsuit over the death. The family later settled the lawsuit for $1.75 million.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The family's civil lawsuit, which later settled for $1.75 million, attributes the suicide to a medication being discontinued.
Reported by: family, through a civil lawsuit settlement (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: The family sued over the death and settled the civil lawsuit for $1.75 million, according to the reporting.