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| Jail death came after prior run-ins with law |
| By bendbulletin.com- Claire Withycombe |
| Published: 04/27/2015 |
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Hours before he died of a methamphetamine overdose in the Deschutes County jail, Edwin Burl Mays sat in the back of a patrol car, his feet stretched out ahead of him. “He crossed his feet like he was relaxing at the beach,” wrote Bend Police Officer Whitney Wiles in an incident report. Mays, 31, had been detained after a vehicle pursuit. He was a passenger in the car driven by his half-brother, 32-year-old Adam Davenport. Court records show Mays was no stranger to law enforcement or the jail. However, the public record doesn’t reveal the complexity of drug abuse or other issues Mays might have been reckoning with prior to his death. Mays died around 9 p.m. Dec. 14, according to the state medical examiner. The sheriff’s office is now the subject of a state investigation and a potential lawsuit on behalf of Mays’ estate. Read More. |
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