Wickie Bryant
Wickie Bryant was remembered by her sister, Mildred Sims, as always smiling and very cheerful, and she graduated from Therrell High School in Atlanta with plans to become a psychiatrist. Bryant lived with schizophrenia and diabetes, and her family says she was in custody at the Atlanta Detention Center, where she was first placed in a special-needs unit and later moved to a dark cell, where she was found alone. A lawsuit against the detention center and its staff says she died of diabetic ketoacidosis. The family's attorney contends that staff did not seek medical or mental health help as her condition worsened, a claim that the lawsuit makes and that remains unresolved.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Her family's lawsuit says she died of diabetic ketoacidosis and that staff did not seek medical or mental health help when she became agitated.
Reported by: family's lawsuit against the Atlanta Detention Center and staff (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her family sued the Atlanta Detention Center and its staff over her death, and no settlement or award amount is reported.