ONE
ONE RAP
ONE RAP FOR A MESSAGE FROM THE GRAVE, AN ALARMING PATTERN
OF INMATE DEATHS AND A TROUBLED
JAIL UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION.
TONIGHT, A.J. LAGOE CONTINUES
OUR INVESTIGATION CRUEL
AND UNUSUAL
AND UNUSUAL >> IN INMATE WRITHES IN PAIN.
BIGGS TO SEE A DOCTOR.
BUT INSTEAD OF MEDICAL CARE ,
HE'S BRUSHED OFF TO A DIFFERENT
JAIL
JAIL
JAIL >>
JAIL >> AND THAT'S WHERE HE DIED.
AND THE BOOKING PROCESS,
TRACY LUNDMARK AND TAMARA POP.
I JUST
I JUST
I JUST >>
I JUST >> DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT SAY
THEIR UNCLE BRUCE LUNDMARK WAS
MANY THINGS AMONG THEM A
TALENTED ARTIST WHO LOVED
TO PAINT A VIETNAM ERA NAVY
VETERAN AND A LONGTIME ADDICT
>>. IT WAS HIS DEMONS THAT HE
BATTLED A GOOD PORTION OF HIS
LIFE. DRUG
LIFE. DRUG >> POSSESSION LANDED HIM IN THE
BELTRAMI COUNTY JAIL JUNE 20 19.
A MONTH LATER, HE WAS
TRANSFERRED TO THE CLEARWATER
COUNTY JAIL AND DIED WITHIN
HOURS. THE 63 YEAR OLD'S AUTOPSY
DETAILED A COMPLEX SERIES
OF MEDICAL ISSUES INCLUDING
GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE,
GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE, A NATURAL DEATH NOT REALLY
SUSPICIOUS. THAT IS UNTIL BRUCE
SENT HIS FAMILY A MESSAGE FROM
THE GRAVE. WE FOUND THE NOTE
THAT HE WROTE IN HIS JAIL
>> BELONGINGS. THIS SCRAWLED
NOTE. IF I DIE, SUE THE OUT
BELTRAMI JAIL. SO WHAT HAPPENED
TO BRUCE BEHIND THESE JAIL
WALLS? THE MYSTERY DEEPENED AS
HIS FAMILY BEGAN HEARING FROM
OTHER INMATES.
OTHER INMATES. >> THIS BOTHERED SO MUCH
THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD
TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY BECAUSE
THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS WRONG.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? THIS
>> INTERNAL DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS MEMO REVEALS AN
INMATE FILED A COMPLAINT
WITH THE STATE ABOUT HOW
LUNDMARK PROLONGED PAIN WENT
UNTREATED BY JAIL NURSES AND HIS
REPEATED REQUESTS TO SEE
A DOCTOR WERE DENIED. BUT THE
D.O.C. INSPECTOR FAILED
TO REVIEW ANY MEDICAL RECORDS
AND FOUND NO VIOLATION.
BUT KARE11 DIDN'T STOP THERE.
WE OBTAINED INTERNAL JAIL VIDEOS
THAT SHOW A MAN CLEARLY IN PAIN
AND WE ASKED TWO INDEPENDENT
EXPERTS TO REVIEW THE MEDICAL
RECORDS THE STATE IGNORED.
>> YOU SOUND FRUSTRATED JUST
READING THROUGH. I'M ANGRY.
CERTIFIED FORENSIC NURSE MELISSA
BECKER. I WENT TREAT MY WORST
ENEMY THIS WAY. AND DR. LAURA
>> LEHMAN, WHO SPECIALIZES
IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE
>>. YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS
NEGLIGENT
NEGLIGENT
NEGLIGENT >> NEGLIGENT BECAUSE THERE WERE
PLENTY OF WARNING SIGNS. BRUCE
HAD A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION.
ON JULY 19TH, BRUCE SENT THIS
MEDICAL REQUEST ASKING TO SEE
A DOCTOR OR NURSE BECAUSE HE WAS
HAVING PAIN WHERE HE SHOULDN'T
AROUND HIS KIDNEYS OR APPENDIX
AND THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE HAD
A MILD STROKE BECAUSE
OF NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT LEG. AN
ARM. A RED FLAG. DR. LEHMAN SAYS
CALLED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION. YOU
>> CALL AN AMBULANCE AND YOU GO
STRAIGHT TO THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. >> BUT MEN CORRECTIONAL CARE ,
THE JAILS FOR PROFIT MEDICAL
PROVIDER NEVER EVEN SENT A NURSE
TO SEE BRUCE OVER THE NEXT TWO
NIGHTS. HE GOT WORSE PAIN SO BAD
RECORDS SHOW OTHER INMATES TOLD
GUARDS THEY NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT. VIDEO SHOWS
BRUCE DOUBLED OVER IN BED
IN SUCH PAIN. HE TIES HIS SHEETS
INTO A MAKESHIFT SLING IN AN
APPARENT ATTEMPT TO BRACE HIS
ACHING BODY, A HEALTH TECH ONLY
QUALIFIED TO HAND OUT
MEDICATIONS TAKE VITAL SIGNS DID
SEE BRUCE AND DISCOVERED HIS
BLOOD PRESSURE WAS SKY-HIGH
TO 10 OVER ONE HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY EIGHT . BY PHONE
AND ON CALL, NURSE PRACTITIONER
PRESCRIBE AN EXTRA DOSE OF HIS
BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS. BUT THERE'S
NO RECORD HIS OTHER SYMPTOMS
WERE TREATED. FINALLY HE WAS
MOVED FROM THE JAIL THE NEXT
MORNING . BUT NOT FOR MEDICAL
CARE BECAUSE OF JAIL
OVERCROWDING. HE WAS TRANSFERRED
TO CLEARWATER, A NURSE RIDING
PATIENT RELEASED TO ANOTHER
COUNTY PRIOR TO BEING SEEN. WHAT
WORDS WOULD YOU USE TO DESCRIBE
THE CARE HE RECEIVED? SHOCKING,
HORRIFICALLY SHOCKING IS WHAT
I WOULD SAY. HE DIDN'T RECEIVE
ANY CARE . HE RECEIVED NO
CARE WHILE HE WAS THERE.
>> NOT THE FIRST TIME BELTRAMI
JAIL AND MEN HAVE BEEN ACCUSED
OF FAILING TO PROVIDE MEDICAL
CARE . THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING
THE 2018 DEATH OF HARDEL
SHERRELL, WHO BECAME PARALYZED
AND WAS LEFT LYING IN HIS OWN
FILTH WHILE GUARDS AND MEDICAL
STAFF CLAIMED HE WAS FAKING. HIS
MOTHER, DALE SHIA PERRY FILED AN
ACTIVE FEDERAL LAWSUIT
>>. WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? HOW
MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE? BY
>> THE TIME BRUCE ARRIVED AT
CLEARWATER JAIL, HE COULD BARELY
WALK WHILE IN A HOLDING CELL
WAITING TO BE BOOKED. HE BECAME
UNRESPONSIVE, THROWING UP WHAT
GUARDS DESCRIBED AS A BROWN
TOBACCO LIKE LIQUID.
>> HE HAD A GI BLEED AND HE BLED
TO DEATH INTERNALLY AND NO
ONE DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. METZ
>> COMPLETE NEGLIGEES CHANCE
>> TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY. GET
THIS BELTRAMI COUNTY IS TRYING
TO BUILD THE LUNDMARK FAMILY.
THIRTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE THEY
PROVIDED, BRUCE
PROVIDED, BRUCE >>. WHAT I SEE GOING ON BELTRAMI
COUNTY IS THIS COMPLETE
DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.
ATTORNEYS ZORISLAV LEYDERMAN HAS
BEEN HIRED BY BRUCES FAMILY AS
THEY PREPARE TO FULFILL HIS
DYING WISH.
DYING WISH. >>, IT'S HEARTBREAKING JUST
TO KNOW THAT , YOU KNOW, HE WAS
STRUGGLING AND SUFFERING TO THE
POINT THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO DIE
>> FOR KARE11 INVESTIGATES.
I'M AJ