Dec 31, 2020
Ward County Sheriff Robert Roed issued a news release today that on Dec. 16 an inmate being held at the Ward County Detention Center on federal charges for the U.S. Marshal Service advised jail staff he was not feeling well. The inmate, Eugene Whiteowl, 62, was evaluated and taken to Trinity Hospital.
On Dec. 17 the U.S. Marshal Service furloughed Whiteowl from custody and he was released from custody of the Ward County Detention Center.
On Dec. 28 Ward County Detention Center officials were notified that Whiteowl had passed away due to COVID-19-related issues.
Both the U.S. Marshal Service and N.D. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been notified.