A 66-Year-Old Inmate Dies of Sepsis Continued

Per the custodial death report (CDR), the deceased developed the condition that caused his death after admission to the jail. The report also states that he had not been receiving treatment for the medical condition that caused his death after admission to the jail’s jurisdiction. Following the autopsy, the 66-year-old man’s cause of death was listed as “complications of sepsis with necrotizing pneumonia.”

It seems that this was potentially a case of medical neglect since the inmate had been in the jail for a year and he developed the condition in the jail. Had he received appropriate care for pneumonia, he may not have died.

Reatha Sue Robinson Dies of Sepsis and Other Conditions

On September 24, 2022, 53-year-old Reatha Sue Robinson died in the custody of Grayson County Jail in Sherman, Texas. The CDR shows that she exhibited medical problems when she entered the jail on January 1, 2022. She died of natural causes, and the medical cause of death was “cirrhosis of the liver, sepsis, and pneumonia.”

The report shows that the decedent received treatment for the medical condition that caused her death after admission to the jail’s jurisdiction.

Learn more about Ms. Robinson’s death in the next segment taken from the summary of how her death occurred.

Learn more in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 of this continuing series.

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