Another arrest, another person dying in
police custody. This time it was mother of eight kids 42 year old
Raynette Turner of Mount Vernon, New York. While waiting for
arraignment after being arrested for shoplifting she was found dead
in her holding cell. Her husband of 23 years, Herman Turner is not
taking this lightly. “Sounds like a cover-up to me. If they Mount
Vernon police did their job she would still be alive. I want
somebody's head to roll on this. I am not going to rest until I get
some type of justice for my wife. That's the bottom line.”
So far the officials results have been
inconclusive as to how she died. Herman wasn't even sure that his
wife was arrested on Friday of Saturday for stealing crab legs where
she was found a short distance away from by police. He was told she
was complaining of feeling ill on Monday and was found dead on
Tuesday. He didn't find out that his wife was dead until two
detectives showed up at his house to tell him. “We know she was
requesting medical treatment and it seems that, at some level, the
system and the protocols that the city was following failed.”
