She was booked into the jail April 2 and died there at 7:02 a.m. April 4.
According to the sheriff’s office spokesperson, Campbell’s death was “naturally caused because of her extensive health issues.”
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office told the Dayton Daily News this morning that the cause of death in that case was pending.
Four other jail deaths this year
Steven D. Blackshear, 54, of Dayton, was booked into the jail Jan. 26 and awaiting trial for misdemeanor theft. He died Jan. 29. The coroner’s office said the cause was “intoxication by fentanyl. Atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease were contributing conditions.”
Aaron Dixon, 52, who was being held on drug charges since Jan. 9, died on Jan. 13. The coroner’s office said the cause was “Fentanyl and buprenorphine intoxication.”
Amber Goonan, 41, was arrested on charges of drug possession and booked into the jail on Feb. 19. She died on Feb. 24 of “multiple drug intoxication” including fentanyl, fluorofentanyl, and others, according to the coroner’s office, with bronchopneumonia as a contributing factor.
19-year-old Isaiah Trammell was arrested on charges of domestic violence on Mar. 13, and died Mar. 16. His cause of death is still pending, the coroner’s office said today.
Drugs and safety concerns
Coroner’s office records show drug overdoses have been the top cause of death at the jail since 2021.
Montgomery County Jail officials said last month that the jail’s 2023 spike in drug-related deaths is parallel to an increase community-wide. Members of the Montgomery County Jail Coalition said the new run of in-custody deaths “raises a lot of red flags” about the jail’s operations.
“This is a crisis and must raise all alarms across government and in particular the sheriff, who has an explicit duty to the welfare of those in his custody,” the coalition told the Dayton Daily News. “We have long argued that people who are sick belong in a hospital and not in jail. Naphcare, the private company paid by taxpayers to deliver care, must be the subject of a full investigation given their clear inability to prevent people from dying in jail, and especially given their horrific track record nationwide that includes multiple, multimillion-dollar settlements for neglect and wrongful deaths.”
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