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Dexter Barry

Case # :1658

Gender : Male

Age : 54

Race : Black

Date : 11/18/2022

Location : Unknown

City : Jacksonville

County : Duval

State : Florida

Agency : Jacksonville SO

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Medical emergency

Event : Died in custody when police withheld medications

Disposition : No known charges

Open Records Summary :

Dexter Barry had a heart transplant and was on anti-rejection medicines. Jacksonville deputies arrested him and held him without charges and he urged them to give him his anti-rejection medicine without which he would die. Police withheld his medicine deliberately and he died from heart rejection/necrosis due to lack of his medicines per autopsy.

Source Links :

https://www.wsaz.com/2023/05/28/man-dies-after-not-receiving-doses-essential-medication-jail/