Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 55-year-old man held at the Western Virginia Regional Jail while awaiting trial became ill on Friday, September 20, 2019, according to WHSV, after jail medical staff had been treating him for chronic conditions. He lost consciousness and was taken to a hospital, where he was placed on life support and died after further deterioration. An autopsy was reported to indicate natural causes. His name and family are not given in the source accounts.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Investigators and the autopsy attribute the death to natural causes.
Reported by: autopsy; investigators.