The death of a Cook County Jail inmate last fall is raising questions about whether staff could have done more to save him after the medical examiner’s office ruled his death a homicide.
Martinez Duncan, 24, died on the evening of Nov. 20 after his cellmate started a fire inside their locked cell according to a Cook County sheriff’s office spokesperson.
A preliminary review found the fire was caused by a lit wick, or “a smoldering portion of tightly wound toilet paper commonly used to smoke illegal drugs,” the sheriff’s office said…