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
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.
She was 19 and wanted to see her baby; 10 days later she was dead on a jail room floor
Nimali Henry was a young mother who was very sick and visibly dying in the custody of St. Bernard Parish Sheriff deputies Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 5:43 PM CST March 11, 2021 Updated: 5:56 AM CST March 12, 2021
ST BERNARD, La. Over two days and four heartbreaking sentencing hearings, the family of Nimali Henry shared their grief, nightmares and depression. They asked the judge for prison time for the four ex-deputies who neglected the 19-year’s pleas for help as she deteriorated and died of a treatable disease inside the St. Bernard Parish Jail.