Darryl Mefferd’s death was labeled an ‘accident’, but a report questions a Vallejo police officer’s role in the fatal incident
Courtney Mefferd, niece of Darryl Mefferd, whose death in Vallejo police custody has been kept secret: ‘They’ve been covering it up’.Courtney Mefferd, niece of Darryl Mefferd, whose death in Vallejo police custody has been kept secret: ‘They’ve been covering it up’.
It remains unclear what exactly happened next. The Solano county sheriff coroner’s office investigated the death, but a report written by the sergeant in charge of the investigation included conflicting narratives.Darryl Mefferd, whose death experts have said was not a result of an overdose, but a heart attack while being held down.
A Solano detective who reviewed Callinan’s body camera footage said it substantiated Callinan’s account, the sergeant wrote, even though the video was “partially obscured” by clothing.The autopsy performed by the Solano county coroner also raised questions about how Mefferd died.But when Mefferd was under medical observation for roughly eight hours prior to his death, his doctor had deemed his drug diagnosis “uncomplicated”.
The pathologists suggested the death should have been ruled a homicide by the coroner, not an accidental death.
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