Name not reported
A woman held at the Hernando County Detention Center in Florida died in 2021 after taking pills that her cellmate said were Xanax. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office said in a probable cause affidavit that the cause was a fentanyl overdose, and that she collapsed less than 20 minutes after taking the pills. She was taken to Bayfront Health Brooksville, where she died the following day, according to the State Attorney's Office. The cellmate was later prosecuted in connection with supplying the drugs, and her name has not been publicly disclosed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The sheriff's affidavit and the State Attorney's Office both attribute the death to a fentanyl overdose after she took pills her cellmate said were Xanax.
Reported by: Hernando County Sheriff's Office probable cause affidavit (the agency that held her); State Attorney's Office.