Joel Burgess|Asheville Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE - Buncombe County Jail failures that preceded a young mother's death by hanging included declining to put her on suicide watch, the lack of a "cutdown" tool and the botched administration of CPR.
That'saccording to a jailer who said she resigned because of the incident, and others who watched video of the alleged debacle. They eachcame forward recently to talk about the death of25-year-old Hannah Guffey of Brevard who was awaiting trial on charges of a DWI and hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist.
Those offering the new information were Guffey's half-brother, Zach Shehan,and stepfather, Tony McClure, both trained inemergency medical response,as well asex-jailer Cara Cambpell, who said she told superiors Guffey might hurtherself andshould be on special watch, though she said thewarnings were ignored.