It then lists COVID-19 as a contributory factor.
Whitlock died Dec. 4 and later tested positive for COVID-19, a death that has stirred questions from the family and from the Reform Movement about COVID safety protocols in the jail and whether Whitlock received appropriate care.
After Vigo Coroner Dr. Susan Amos declined to perform an autopsy due to the county not having the proper facilities to do so on a COVID-positive patient, the family found Pathologix Private Autopsy Services in Valparaiso.
Dr. John Feczko, chief forensic pathologist with Pathologix, performed the autopsy Dec. 18.
His findings, alongside the cause of death and contributory condition, include:
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Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaFor teachers: Hailee Lauritzen and Melissa Ketner lead the Voices for Vigo Schools group along Wabash Avenue to the Vigo County Courthouse on Saturday during a march to show support for teachers in the Vigo County School Corporation.
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Hoping to make change for the better: Parent Melissa Ketner, center, shares her viewpoint with a group of fellow parents and teachers in front of the Vigo County School Corporation building on Wabash Avenue before a march to the Vigo County Courthouse to show support for teachers on Saturday.Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza
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The family of a man who died at Vigo County Jail has secured a private autopsy in northwest Indiana in the hopes of determining his cause and manner of death.
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Frederick Whitlock, 56, died Dec. 4 and later tested positive for COVID-19, a death that has stirred questions from the family and a local group regarding COVID safety protocols in the jail and whether Whitlock received appropriate care.
Whitlock s death also resulted in blanket testing for those incarcerated at Vigo County Jail. More than one-third of the jail population, or 108 inmates and two staff members, tested positive.
Dec 13, 2020
Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaDay after assessment: Jeff Sweatt, an employee with Jim Davis Restoration, takes photos of the fire damage in the 1700 block of Wabash Avenue on Saturday morning after a fire on Friday night. JOSEPH C. GARZA
There was nothing the tattoo artists from Scars and Stories could do as they stood along Wabash Avenue on Friday night and watched as fire closed in on their business.
The fire had gotten a head start on firefighters and proved difficult to knock down after they arrived about 6 p.m.
Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza The day after: Damage was inflicted on the businesses in the 1700 block of Wabash Avenue on Friday night by a fire which Terre Haute Fire Department personnel battled for hours. Here, the damage can be seen on Saturday morning.