Wendy Drucker
Wendy Drucker died after being held at the Henry County jail in Georgia. Her family's 2014 lawsuit says she was not allowed to keep her antipsychotic medication with her and had three days of convulsions and a high fever in custody before she was taken to hospital. The lawsuit says she suffered cardiac arrest there and died of neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a condition it says can be treated if caught early. Her father, Doug Drucker, a McDonough pastor, spoke publicly about her death, and the family later settled the case for an undisclosed sum.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). Her family's 2014 lawsuit says jail staff withheld her antipsychotic medication and ignored three days of convulsions and high fever before she was hospitalized, and that she died of neuroleptic malignant syndrome, which treatment could have prevented if caught early.
Reported by: 2014 lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her family sued over her death at the Henry County jail in 2014, and the family settled for an undisclosed sum.