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Lawsuit Claims Jefferson County Jail Failed to Act as Inmate Suffered Fatal Reaction
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Lawsuit Claims Jefferson County Jail Failed to Act as Inmate Suffered Fatal Reaction

By: Karen Morfitt | CBS Colorado The family of a former inmate in Colorado is filing a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the Jefferson County Jail. The lawsuit claims jail staff caused the in-custody death of Ashley Raisbeck in December 2023. It says the jail gave Raisbeck an antibiotic that she was allergic to and then failed to call 911 for an hour after she showed signs of a medical emergency. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT CBS COLORADO
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A mother, a signature and a shutdown: The Waltmans’ five-year battle for answers
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A mother, a signature and a shutdown: The Waltmans’ five-year battle for answers

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice In the photo Vira Waltman is 91, holding her great-granddaughter Everly. “She was joyful and funny,” said her granddaughter Lauren Tacheny. “She was teasing Everly about touching her Shirley Temple doll—that was her personality: protective, spunky and sharp-witted.” Vira Jean Waltman with her great-granddaughter Everly, weeks before Colorado’s COVID-19 lockdown. Up until the year before she died, Vira was still playing piano and organ at the All Saints Lutheran Church chapel in Brush every Christmas Eve service. “Music was everything to her,” said her grandson Ian Waltman. A law that disappeared behind glass For years, her son John Waltman carried his mother’s notarized Medical Durable Power of Attorney. “It was supp...
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