The Docket: After Son's Death In Police Custody, A Mother Fights For AnswersJohn RudolfHuffington Post Dec. 06, 2011 |
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Linda Rowell will not rest until she knows what happened to her son Vincent. He was 21 years old in September 2009, when he stole a municipal dump truck in Birmingham and drove it west to visit some friends in Mississippi. He was arrested after a late-night police chase through two counties, booked on three felony counts and placed in the Walker County Jail in Jasper, Ala., population 14,000. Six days later, he was found dead on the floor of his cell. What Linda Rowell cannot understand, and what no one can explain to her, is why. "There's holes everywhere in this story," she said. Rowell said she has been suspicious from the start, since she got the late-night call from the Walker County coroner saying that her son was dead. "He told me that my son died of an enlarged heart," she said. "Then I get the death certificate, and it tells me that he died of an accident." Read More |