The husband of a Utah woman who died of dehydration at the Weber County jail is now suing the county over her death.
Marion Dena Herrera, 40, died two days after she was booked into the jail on suspicion of forgery and theft on May 18, 2016.
A day after her arrest, Herrera was moved to the medical unit for a “heroin detox treatment,” according to the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court.
The lawsuit alleges the county and Sheriff Terry Thompson “exhibited a shocking degree of deliberate indifference and reckless disregard” for the woman‘s “evident” medical needs.