Name not reported
A man died in July 2019 while held at the Butler County Corrections Center in Missouri. According to the Butler County Coroner's office, staff found him unresponsive on a bathroom floor in the booking area as he was getting ready to shower for a court appearance, and he was taken by ambulance to an emergency room, where he died. The coroner's initial autopsy found a serious respiratory infection and no signs of trauma, and the coroner ruled the death natural. The prosecutor's office is reviewing the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Butler County coroner ruled the death natural, citing a serious respiratory infection found at autopsy, and the prosecutor's office is reviewing it.
Reported by: Butler County Coroner's office (medical examiner or coroner).