{"id":26677,"date":"2016-09-19T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T00:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=26677"},"modified":"2016-09-19T21:38:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T04:38:56","slug":"death-county-jail-ruled-homicide-died-dehydration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=26677","title":{"rendered":"Death in County Jail Ruled Homicide; Inmate Died of Dehydration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/iframe.js#ec=1sOHF3NTE6QHkQMf4TO0Ko9VoV3AbiKE&amp;pbid=f7575286f810429a979346d9a69caaef\"><\/script><br \/>\nMILWAUKEE &#8212; The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office says the death of\u00a0Milwaukee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office inmate Terrill Thomas has been ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_603895\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-603895\" src=\"https:\/\/localtvwiti.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/thomas1.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=267&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Terrill Thomas\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terrill Thomas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Terrill Thomas, charged in connection with a shooting Friday, April 15th at Potawatomi Hotel &amp; Casino was found dead in his jail cell\u00a0Sunday, April 24th.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death is was dehydration with other significant conditions &#8212; including bipolar disorder, manic type.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee County Sheriff\u2019s officials said in a statement issued to FOX6 News a correctional officer at the Milwaukee County Jail reported Thomas unresponsive in his cell shortly after 1:30 a.m. on April 24th.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff\u2019s officials said Thomas\u00a0showed no visible signs of trauma, but was not breathing and resuscitation efforts were made by correctional officers and jail nursing staff until MFD emergency medical personnel arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was pronounced dead at 1:57 a.m<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy examination revealed no evidence of injury.\u00a0 Post-mortem biochemistry testing revealed profound dehydration.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas&#8217; family declined to comment, referring us to their Seattle-based attorney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s extremely concerning and seems to confirm some of the information that we had uncovered in the course of our investigation,&#8221; said\u00a0Erik Heipt, attorney for Thomas&#8217; family.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Heipt says that private investigation indicates guards had cut off water to Thomas&#8217; cell. 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