The Brief
- Antoine Emel Dewhitt. 40, of Oakland is among five people to die in-custody at Santa Rita Jail this year.
- His death had previously been overlooked, but is now being counted after his sister came foward.
- He died of a fentanyl overdose, according to a death certificate.
OAKLAND, Calif. – A fifth person has died in the custody of Santa Rita Jail, KTVU has learned, after the sister of the man who died came forward, shedding some light on what happened to her brother.
5th person dies at Santa Rita
What we know:
Antoinette Staples identified the 40-year-old man as Antoine Emel Dewhitt. He was pronounced dead on May 9 after suffering some type of “medical emergency” at Santa Rita Jail in mid-April, she said.
He was taken to Santa Rita on a probation violation and had been there for less than a day before being taken to the hospital, where the jail formally released him from custody. He died in the hospital roughly three weeks after being taken there because of complications related to an overdose, Staples said. His death certificate, provided by his sister, shows he had taken an “exessive amount of fentanyl.” …