Multiple Women Die in Custody at Detention, Care Facilities

A 58-year-old woman died in hospice care at a memory care facility in Gilbert, Arizona, where her husband, Justin Davidson, was present at the time of her death and has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge after staff reported suspicious bruising on her body. In Santee, California, a 53-year-old woman died while in custody at the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility after deputies found her unresponsive in her cell; she had been in custody since January facing multiple charges, and investigations by the Sheriff’s Homicide Unit and the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board are ongoing. Emergency responders attempted life-saving measures, but she was pronounced dead shortly after discovery, with the cause of death pending a medical examiner's report. Additionally, in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, a 50-year-old woman named Firoza Begum died in police custody after being detained during an anti-drug operation; an unnatural death case has been filed, and the cause of death will be confirmed after an autopsy. Authorities in all cases have expressed condolences to the families and are conducting thorough investigations to determine the circumstances surrounding these deaths.