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Death of Woman in Brentwood Police Custody Was Accidental, Coroner's Inquest Rules
The non-unanimous ruling followed testimony from officers and a county pathologist, while a family-funded autopsy said police restraint caused a homicide.
The death of a woman in 2025, following her arrest by Brentwood police officers, has been classified as accidental after a forensic investigation, according to the County Const Costa Sheriff’s Office. A forensic investigation is a different process from the forensic doctor’s inquiry into a death in custody; in it, a jury examines witnesses’ testimonies and determines the nature of the cause of a person’s death. “The jury’s conclusion is that the…