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Inmate death at Fairfax County jail ruled a homicide; FCPD says fatal injury sustained before arrest
· By Angela Woolsey/Fairfax County Times
Jan 19, 2018 Updated Jan 19, 2018
A 53-year-old woman who died in September after experiencing a medical emergency while being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (ADC) was killed by blunt force trauma to the head, Virginia’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled on Friday.
According to a release from the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD), Henrietta Smith of Washington, D.C., sustained an injury after an acquaintance hit her in the head with a blunt object prior to her arrest on Aug. 20.
Fairfax County police originally encountered Smith while responding to an assault call at a home in the 5900 block of Woodfield Estates Drive in Alexandria.
Officers on the scene learned Smith was wanted for a parole violation and found crack cocaine in her possession, leading to her arrest.
According to the FCPD, a preliminary investigation into the assault found that Smith was hit in the head by an acquaintance before officers arrived. Police say she refused medical treatment when it was offered at the scene, though ADC medical staff evaluated her before she was admitted into the jail.
A sheriff’s deputy was informed just before 7:00 p.m. on Aug. 31 that Smith needed medical attention in her cell, and sheriff’s deputies and medical personnel rendered aid while calling for paramedics.
Smith died on Sept. 7 after remaining in Fairfax Inova Hospital for a week.
The FCPD’s homicide unit started investigating Smith’s assault on Aug. 31. An effort to find and arrest those responsible for her death remains ongoing.
The department’s major crimes bureau is responsible for investigating all of the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office’s in-custody deaths.
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