April 17, 2024

Family of man who died in jail sues

GRUNDY CENTER— The family of a Wellsburg man who died in a central Iowa county jail in 2016 is suing the county. Attorneys representing the estate of 26-year-old Jared Martin Slinker say in the lawsuit that Grundy County Jail officials didn’t flag Slinker as a suicide risk when he was booked on a contempt charge regarding a child endangerment case in January 2016. Slinker was discovered unresponsive a couple of days later in the cell. The lawsuit says jailers didn’t call for an ambulance for 13 minutes after the discovery.