When the same deputy who assured Angela Walker that her son was in good hands came to her door again four days later, on Jan. 2, her heart sank. She knew.
New mother died in cell as jailers mocked her; now her family s not allowed to see her daughter
For Nimali Henry’s relatives, the heartbreak continues because they ve been almost completely cut off from her daughter, now seven years old. Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 9:21 PM CDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 10:33 PM CDT May 25, 2021
A grainy jailhouse video captured some of the last steps Nimali Henry took before she died.
The video, played during the prosecution of the four ex-deputies accused of neglecting her, show Nimali as she deteriorated near the end of her 10 days in the St. Bernard Parish jail. Staggering, faltering and eventually passing out on a cold, hard bunk in an isolation cell.
Nimali Henry’s relatives have been almost completely cut off from her daughter, now seven years old. Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 9:21 PM CDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 2:44 PM CDT May 28, 2021
A grainy jailhouse video captured some of the last steps Nimali Henry took before she died.
The video, played during the prosecution of the four ex-deputies accused of neglecting her, show Nimali as she deteriorated near the end of her 10 days in the St. Bernard Parish jail. Staggering, faltering and eventually passing out on a cold, hard bunk in an isolation cell.
Nimali was a 19-year-old mother when she died of a rare but treatable blood disorder as deputies ignored her pleas – and those of fellow inmates – to help the dying woman. Denied a trip to the hospital. Denied the medicine that would have saved her life.