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: