William Zinselmeier
William Zinselmeier, 58, died at the Jefferson County Jail in Hillsboro, Missouri, on January 7, 2023. His daughter, Kristen Zinselmeier, says he had diabetes and high blood pressure. In a federal lawsuit filed in late December 2025, she alleges that jail staff and the contracted medical provider, VitalCore, did not give him his medication and ignored pleas for help. The lawsuit cites the medical examiner's cause of death as hypertensive cardiovascular disease with diabetes as a significant contributing condition.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). The medical examiner ruled the death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease with diabetes, while his daughter's federal lawsuit says jail staff and the contracted medical provider VitalCore withheld his medication and ignored his pleas for help.
Reported by: medical examiner or coroner; Kristen Zinselmeier, his daughter, in a federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His daughter, Kristen Zinselmeier, filed a federal lawsuit in December 2025 alleging that Jefferson County Jail staff and the contracted medical provider VitalCore failed to give him his medication and ignored pleas for help; no settlement or award amount has been reported.