Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died August 6, 2019 · Heartland Center for Behavioral Change, Kansas City, Missouri

A person who has not been identified in the reporting died on August 6, 2019, while held at the Heartland Center for Behavioral Change in Kansas City, Missouri, a temporary jail the city began using after its contract with Jackson County ended. According to city spokesman Chris Hernandez, the Kansas City Police Department was investigating what happened. The cause and manner of death had not been determined when the report was published.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Kansas City Police Department (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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