The family of a young woman who died in 2014 in a Louisiana jail just months after giving birth says they have not been permitted to see their deceased
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.
Two St. Bernard prison guards sentenced in case of inmate who died after being held 10 days without medication
Deputies repeatedly denied Henry proper medical attention despite her pleas for help and dire warnings from other inmates. Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 6:37 PM CST March 10, 2021 Updated: 6:37 PM CST March 10, 2021
Debra Becnel, 60, was sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about failing to adequately report the grave medical condition of Nimali Henry. Henry, 19, died of a rare but treatable blood disorder inside an isolation cell inside the jail on April 1, 2014.
Lisa Vaccarella, 58, was sentenced to 21 months after pleading to lying to the FBI and misprision, or concealing a felony. In her plea agreement documents, Vaccarella admitted that she “observed Henry in the isolation cell, lying unclothed face-down on the floor, breathing heavily.”