The charge of misdemeanor negligent homicide against a Duchesne County Jail nurse was dropped last week in 8th District Court. 50-year-old Jana Clyde was charged in September by the State of Utah Attorney General with Negligent Homicide, a class A Misdemeanor, in the death of Madison Jensen in the Duchesne County Jail on December 1st, 2016. In a press release from the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office this fall, it was stated that before her death, Madison Jensen’s family had reported Madison to law enforcement authorities and she was taken into custody and then died at the Duchesne County Jail as a result of complications related to chronic heroin use. The Sheriff’s Office release stated at that time that “the assistant Utah attorney general who is prosecuting the case against Ms. Clyde [had] informed Duchesne County Sheriff David Boren that his agency’s independent investigation determined this was an isolated incident involving one inmate and one sheriff’s office employee.” Judge Lyle Anderson dropped the charge against Clyde in 8th District Court on Thursday.
