TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 31, 2024

An official autopsy has found that Shelby County Jail inmate Ramon McGhee died of severe anemia and dehydration, with contributing factors from insect infestation and schizophrenia, the Daily Memphian reports. McGhee died Jan. 12 in the hospital two days after he was found unresponsive in his cell at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center. McGhee’s family hired national civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who commissioned an independent autopsy. That study found that McGhee died from severe neglect with malnutrition, dehydration, insect infestation and complications. Unlike the official autopsy report, it also ruled the death as a homicide. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation previously indicated it is looking into the death.