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May 23, 2023

Autopsy Finds Lashawn Thompson Died of Homicide Due to Severe Neglect of Fulton County Jailers
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In Georgia, the gruesome death of Lashawn Thompson, a 35-year-old Black
man, in the Fulton County Jail last year has been ruled a homicide due
to "severe neglect." The findings of the independent autopsy were
released Monday by Thompson's family and civil rights attorney Ben
Crump. Thompson was being held in the jail's psychiatric wing, where his
family says he was "eaten alive" by insects and bedbugs in his cell. The
report found the lack of treatment for Thompson's schizophrenia, as well
as dehydration, malnutrition, rapid weight loss and "severe body insect
infestation," all contributed to his death. Thompson's independent
autopsy, which was funded by former NFL star Colin Kaepernick, came
after the Fulton County medical examiner ruled his cause of death was
"undetermined."


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