Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 57-year-old woman from Lompoc died while held at the Northern Branch Jail in Santa Barbara County, California. A Grand Jury said her death was caused by an infection from a perforated gastric ulcer. It said she complained of abdominal pain two days before she died, and that it found no evidence medical staff used an evidence-based process to document how severe her pain was. She died on the fifth day of her custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The grand jury says she died of an infection from a perforated gastric ulcer and found no evidence that medical staff documented the severity of her abdominal pain after she complained of it.
Reported by: Grand Jury (outside investigators).