and then we had plans and already reached out to university of alabama, birmingham medical to actually have my son transported by chief black to uab birmingham to receive treatment. however, when we got there, the chief came back out from the jail and said, we can t release your son because now he s under the custody of the sheriff. what do you think happened, mrs. foster? it s i don t know. i don t trust the story. they told us what had happened, and it just was so unbelievable because we were just so ready to move forward. i believe that glenn probably was grievously injured, and they just did not want us to know
to the community, to his wife, friends, family. i ve got four granddaughters. we all had thanksgiving dinner together as a family, but we won t have christmas because, you know, my son is gone now. yeah. and i believe it was avoidable what happened to him. i m so sorry that this happened. please continue to update us. you guys take care of yourself. ben, thank you. thank you, mr. foster. thank you, mrs. foster. thanks for having us. thank you. we ll be right back. frequent heartburn? not anymore. the prilosec otc two-week challenge is helping people love what they love again. just one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. because life starts when heartburn stops. take the challenge at prilosecotc dot com.
have with him, and we were concerned. and we believe it or not, when he was caught by the police, yi thought myself in my mind, he s in one place now. we can arrange to get him some help. and we were having a positive experience with chief black, and then the wheels came off when the sheriff got involved. mrs. foster, the police say that they hold on one second. let me go back here. what do you mean the wheels came off? well, on i received an email saturday morning from
alabama state authorities are investigating the death of former new orleans saints player glen foster jr. two days after he was taken into police custody. the 31-year-old died monday at a medical facility according to a statement from the alabama law enforcement agency. he was arrested saturday after officers said they spotted him driving up to 90 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per-hour zone. after being booked in jail authorities told foster s family he had been involved in an altercation with another inmate. arrangements were made for foster to be taken to a devin facility and the sheriff s office which was in charge of transporting foster told his family he got into the cruiser without incident. but when he arrived at the medical facility foster was unresponsive and couldn t be revived. joining me now glen s parents.
they knew glen was going to be just the life of the party. in a good way. mr. foster, tell us about the days leading up to his arrest. do you believe your son may have been suffering from a mental health episode? please talk to me about that. i can say, don, glen s behavior was a little different than what we usually had with him. we were concerned. and we, believe it or not, when he was caught by the police, i thought to myself in my mind that he s in one place now we can arrange to get him some help. and we were having a positive