ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) – Allen County Commissioners approved a $1.1 million settlement on Friday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an 18-year-old who died by suicide while in the Allen County Jail in 2021.
On June 27, 2021, jail guards say they found 18-year-old Ariona Paige Darling dead in her cell. Her death was later ruled a suicide. A family spokesperson sent a statement to 21Alive News, saying Darling had mental health issues and was meant to be on suicide watch.
In 2023, Darling’s family filed a lawsuit against Allen County Sheriff David Gladieux, Jail Commander David Butler, the Allen County Board of Commissioners, and medical and mental health leaders at the jail…