It's only the fourth month of 2023 and we have now had 5 deaths. I broke the story on each of the first 2, Aaron Dixon on Jan 13, Steven Darnell Blackshear on Jan 29, then the Dayton Daily news told us about numbers 3 and 4: Amber Goonan on Feb. 24, and Isaiah Trammell on Mar. 16.
The pattern remains the same- jailed, and about 3 days later- an overdose. The same happened to number 5.
This morning, just before shift change at 8, another inmate booked a few days ago, died of an OD. The Dayton Police charges that got her a death sentence:
- THEFT MISDEMEANOR <$1000
- RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY ( Bond: 25000 SURETY OR TEN PERCENT )
- FAIL TO APPEAR ( Bond: 2000 CASH OR SURETY )
- OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS ( Bond: 25000 SURETY OR TEN PERCENT )
C.A.K. was hardly an upstanding citizen with lots of legal troubles, that most likely corresponded with her addiction. At some point, we need to realize that drug addicts need to be in a medical facility, not a jail, and treated for their mental illnesses.
While the Sheriff keeps claiming drugs are being smuggled into the jail, he hasn't said who is doing the smuggling. At this point, I don't believe it's inmates- but is someone working in the jail. You don't have 5 in a row in less than 4 months, where they all get hold of something that toxic, a few days after entering the jail.
Either way, it's not OK for people awaiting trial to get a death sentence without ever seeing the inside of a courtroom. The Montgomery County Jail is a public health hazard and needs changes.
There are also issues of lice, bedbugs and a rat the size of a cat according to scuttlebutt, but, I think that's just people talking smack about yesterday's star inmate.
RIP C.A.K, age 44. Hopefully, your death won't be in vain.
Not surprised the Democrats are the ones letting the Killer drugs cross over the boarders. If they secure the entire boarder there would be less deaths !
Just saving the taxpayers money.
This person didn’t receive a death sentence. There are treatment facilities, the problem with treating addiction is that the addict has to really want to be clean and sober, and that recovery is up to them. I am speaking from personal experience. It is not like fixing a flat tire or mending a broken bone.
This article is not accurate. I know for a fact, one of them did not OD.
@joe- I’m all ears. Email me which one did not OD- and what you think happened. [email protected]
The Dayton Daily news finally got the story today: https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/vandalia-woman-is-fifth-montgomery-county-jail-inmate-death-of-2023/OJI5PP4N6RGABAQAQLLJ7N7U6I/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ddn_MiddayBreak_6653389
Of course- no credit given.
“Amanda K. Campbell, 44, of Vandalia, was arrested on a warrant from Vandalia Municipal Court for theft, warrants from Montgomery County Eastern Division for receiving stolen property and obstructing official business and a warrant from Kettering Municipal Court for falsification, according a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.
She was booked into the jail April 2 and died there at 7:02 a.m. April 4.
According to the sheriff’s office spokesperson, Campbell’s death was “naturally caused because of her extensive health issues.””
I didn’t publish her name out of respect to her next to kin.