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Federal lawsuit filed after inmate death inside Crow Wing County jail
The lawsuit alleges Crow Wing County ignored repeated suicide risks and failed to protect a severely intoxicated inmate who died within an hour of jail intake.
- On Thursday, Oct. 9, Susan Slaybaugh filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, naming Crow Wing County and Corrections Officer Brandon Anderson over her husband's death in custody at Crow Wing County Jail.
- On Feb. 22, 2024, Robert Slaybaugh was booked into Crow Wing County Jail severely intoxicated with a blood alcohol concentration of.282 and disclosed anxiety, sleeping disorders, and a suicide attempt about six months earlier.
- Despite risk disclosures, jail staff placed Slaybaugh in general housing, where he was found hanging within 61 minutes and pronounced dead at 9:28 p.m., says the lawsuit.
- The civil complaint alleges Crow Wing County violated the 14th Amendment twice and Minnesota wrongful-death law, citing 13 inmate suicide attempts between 2017 and 2022.
- The lawsuit argues deaths like Robert's were foreseeable and preventable, citing prior warnings and a 2021 corrective action plan, and states `Our jails must take suicide prevention seriously`.
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Family sues Crow Wing County for 2024 jail death
BRAINERD — Crow Wing County and a county jail correctional officer are being sued in federal court for the death of Robert Arthur Slaybaugh, who died by suicide while in custody at the Crow Wing County Jail in February 2024. The lawsuit contains three counts — two violations of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees due process and equal protection rights, and one claim of wrongful death under Minnesota state law — against…
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