The death of a 21-year-old woman in the Duchesne County Jail last December is getting a closer look by the Utah Attorney General’s office. Madison Jensen died in the Duchesne County Jail on December 1st after a 4 day stay during which she had been severely ill. The Salt Lake Tribune reported the response they received from the Attorney General’s spokesman Dan Burton on Jensen’s death. “The Office of the Attorney General has been asked by Duchesne County Attorney Stephen Foote to review the investigation into the death of Madison Jensen to determine whether any charges should be filed,” shared Burton. “The Attorney General’s Office is often called upon to assist in the review of investigations of other agencies to determine whether an action is warranted.” In March, Duchesne County Sheriff Dave Boren issued a statement in the midst of a media storm surrounding the death. “The cause of death was not immediately apparent,” shared Sheriff Boren. The state Medical Examiner’s office then released their report, revealing Jensen’s cause of death as Probable Cardiac Arrhythmia due to Dehydration due to opiate withdrawal. The final pathologic diagnosis referenced a history of illicit drug abuse but that the postmortem toxicology was negative for alcohol and drugs of abuse. The Medical Examiner’s report classified the death as “natural”, stating that the toxicology was consistent with profound dehydration due to withdrawal. The report also shows that Madison weighed only 87 pounds at the time of her death which was a significant weight loss from 4 days earlier when booked into the jail.
