Because he did not receive necessary medical care or adequate food, water and shelter, his manner of death is homicide, the report said.
A man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail's psychiatric wing "died due to severe neglect," according to an independent autopsy released Monday by lawyers for his family.
The independent autopsy report lists the cause of death as "Complications due to Severe Neglect," with "Untreated Decompensated Schizophrenia" identified as a contributing cause.A combination of dehydration, rapid weight loss and malnutrition, complicated by untreated decompensated schizophrenia led to a fatal cardiac arrythmia, the report says.
The family's lawyers and advocates gave credit to Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat, who has publicly called Thompson's death "absolutely unconscionable." They called on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to take responsibility and act quickly to fix the problems at the jail and urged the district attorney's office to bring criminal charges. They also called on Gov. Brian Kemp to address a "mental health crisis" in the state.
Thompson had lost 32 pounds, or about 18% of his body weight, during his three months at the Fulton County Jail and showed evidence of dehydration, the report says. In addition to an "innumerable number of insects" all over his body, his hands, feet, fingernails and toenails were filthy, it says.
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