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Lashawn Thompson

  • Age: 35
  • Name of Jail: Fulton County Jail
  • Location: Atlanta, GA
  • Cause of Death*: Dehydration, malnutrition, severe body insect infestation, 'untreated decompensated schizophrenia'
  • Incarceration Type: TK
  • Private Company: NaphCare
  • Incarceration Duration: TK
  • Date of Death: September 2022

The independent medical review listed “untreated decompensated schizophrenia” as a contributing cause to the death, in addition to dehydration, malnutrition and severe body insect infestation, which included lice and bed bugs, as “significant conditions.”

Independent medical review determined his death a homicide. Family working with attorney Ben Crump.

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