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A 71-year-old man died after suffering medical distress at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Alameda County sheriff’s officials said last week.
Ali Muhammad was booked into the jail by Oakland police on July 16, 2020, on suspicion of attempted murder.
Deputies saw Muhammad in medical distress just before noon on Oct. 24, when he was out for recreation, according to the sheriff’s office. He collapsed as he was talking with the deputies.
Deputies called for medical help and Muhammad was taken to the trauma room in the jail’s medical clinic for treatment. But his condition worsened and he suffered a heart attack, sheriff’s officials said.
Paramedics and firefighters came and began CPR and other lifesaving treatment. Muhammad was taken to a hospital where he was eventually placed on life support, according to the sheriff’s office.
Following neurological tests on Oct. 30, Muhammad was removed from life support because the tests showed he had no brain activity. Doctors pronounced him dead at 1:13 p.m. Oct. 30.
Sheriff’s officials believe Muhammad died from a medical condition and not foul play. The official cause of death will be made by the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau.
A suspect in the plot that killed dentist Lili Xu of Oakland died Oct. 28 in Santa Rita Jail. Nelson Chia, 73, killed himself. Chia apparently was Xu’s boyfriend.
After two years awaiting trial, I guess he got the death penalty without trial. Was he on medications for his known medical conditions? According to other news reports, he was taken off life support before his family was notified. Why wasn’t the family notified of his hospitalization between Oct 24 when he was admitted and the decision to take him off life support on Oct 30th? They should have been allowed to visit him before he died.