SEBASTIAN COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The family of a developmentally disabled man who died in the custody of Sebastian County Jail on Aug. 29, 2021, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday claiming constitutional violations.
Larry Eugene Price Jr., 50, died after spending a little over a year in Sebastian County Jail where he was found unresponsive, lying in a pool of water and urine, according to the lawsuit. Price was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital.
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