Coroner rules death of Walker County inmate Anthony Mitchell a homicide due to 'medical neglect'
Updated: 8:44 PM CST Feb 29, 2024
WE鈥橪L TALK ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE COMING UP, A LOOK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, HARMONY. THE FAMILY OF A WALKER COUNTY INMATE STILL STRUGGLING OVER HIS DEATH AS THE FBI INVESTIGATES. ANTHONY MITCHELL DIED IN THE HOSPITAL EARLY THIS YEAR AFTER SPENDING TWO WEEKS IN THE COUNTY JAIL AS 米兰体育 13 APP AARON LLEWELLYN REPORTS, MITCHELL鈥橲 FAMILY IS STILL LEFT WITH UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH FOR THOSE TWO WEEKS IS. REALLY HARD. MIRANDA MITCHELL IS STRUGGLING WITH THE LOSS OF HER BROTHER AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM IN THE LAST MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE. ANTHONY MITCHELL DIED IN THE HOSPITAL WHILE IN CUSTODY OF THE WALKER COUNTY SHERIFF鈥橲 OFFICE. SOME OF HIS FINAL DAYS CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE IN THE WALKER COUNTY JAIL. JUST LIKE WATCHING THE VIDEOS WAS. HEARTBREAKING. WE HAVE SO LITTLE OF, YOU KNOW, THE FULL PICTURE OF EVERYTHING. AND IF THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, LIKE WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? THE MITCHELL FAMILY SUING THE WALKER COUNTY SHERIFF, ALONG WITH SEVERAL EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND TWO NURSES WHO WERE ON DUTY. THE FAMILY DESPERATELY WANTING ANSWERS BASED ON THE ONE OF THE FILINGS FROM, I BELIEVE, LIKE THE SHERIFF鈥橲 OFFICER鈥橲 ATTORNEY, THAT THEY DIDN鈥橳 CALL AN AMBULANCE. THEY ADMITTED THAT THEY DIDN鈥橳 CALL AN AMBULANCE. BUT ATTORNEY LABELLA MCCALLUM, WHO鈥橲 REPRESENTING TO THE NURSES, SAYS THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST OUR CLIENTS ARE, QUOTE, ABSOLUTELY INACCURATE AND THAT THE NURSES DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. NOT ONLY DO OUR NURSES SAY THAT THEY ASKED FOR TRANSFER THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS THAT THEY MAKE AT THE TIME, THAT THEY PROVIDE CARE, NOTE THAT THEY ASKED FOR TRANSFER. MITCHELL SAYS SHE HAS A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT SOMEONE CALLED FOR HELP. I HOPE THAT THEY DID. I HOPE THAT THE MEDICAL RECORDS SHOW THAT. I HOPE THAT THEY ASKED FOR HOSPITAL TRANSFER. MCCALLUM SAYS SHE HOPES THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT TO CLEAR HER CLIENTS AND THE FAMILY WILL GET THE ANSWERS. THEY鈥橰E LOOKING FOR. WE ARE. WE鈥橰E DEVASTATED THAT ANYBODY WOULD LOSE A LOVED ONE. BUT THE REALLY DEVASTATING PART OF IT IS, IS THE STORY THAT THEY WERE TOLD. AND EVEN THOUGH ANTHONY IS GONE, THE FAMILY STILL HOLDING ON TO WHO HE WAS. I HOPE PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE WAS HE WAS A PERSON STILL. HE WAS A SOMEONE THAT PEOPLE LOVED. AND SO WE HAVE THIS NEW SICKNESS OF A LOT. AND THAT WAS ERI
Coroner rules death of Walker County inmate Anthony Mitchell a homicide due to 'medical neglect'
Updated: 8:44 PM CST Feb 29, 2024
Video Above: Anthony Mitchell's family speaks about the struggles they faced months after his death.A Walker County inmate's death has been ruled a homicide, according to state documents.According to his recently obtained Certificate of Death, Anthony "Tony" Mitchell's manner of death was homicide, with the official cause listed as hypothermia with an underlying case of sepsis "resulting from infected injuries obtained during incarceration and medical neglect."Mitchell was arrested on Jan. 12, 2023 after the Walker County Sheriff's Office says he fired at officers during a welfare check. He died on Jan. 26, 2023.Mitchell's family filed a federal lawsuit after video came to light showing deputies carrying Mitchell to a car. The family says he spent two weeks in a holding cell and was possibly placed in a freezer. The employee who had this footage was fired by the department.
WALKER COUNTY, Ala. — Video Above: Anthony Mitchell's family speaks about the struggles they faced months after his death.
A Walker County inmate's death has been ruled a homicide, according to state documents.
According to his recently obtained Certificate of Death, Anthony "Tony" Mitchell's manner of death was homicide, with the official cause listed as hypothermia with an underlying case of sepsis "resulting from infected injuries obtained during incarceration and medical neglect."
Mitchell was arrested on Jan. 12, 2023 after the Walker County Sheriff's Office says he fired at officers during a welfare check. He died on Jan. 26, 2023.
Mitchell's family filed a federal lawsuit after video came to light showing deputies carrying Mitchell to a car. The family says he spent two weeks in a holding cell and was possibly placed in a freezer. The employee who had this footage was fired by the department.