DISTANCING LIKE MANY OF YOU TO STOP THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
R CURTIS IS STANDING BY IN THE
STUDIO.
STUDIO.
STUDIO. WE ARE HEARING DETAILS ABOUT A
CASE OUT OF -- COUNTY THAT LED
TO A DEPTH.
>> IT IS A STRANGE CASE.
FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF AN INMATE
IN CUSTODY, 12 NEWS HAS
EXCLUSIVE DETAILS ON WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. JORDAN SIMS DIED AFTER POLICE
SAY SHE JUMPED OUT OF A POLICE
TRANSPORT VEHICLE, JUST DAYS
AFTER SHE CLAIMED SHE HAD BEEN
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A POLICE
OFFICER.
OFFICER.
OFFICER. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE
SEEING AND HEARING FROM JORDAN
SIMS.
SIMS.
SIMS. PHONE CALLS AND INTERVIEWS
OBTAINED EXCLUSIVELY BY 12 NEWS
WHERE SHE DESCRIBES IN HER OWN
WORDS WHAT HAPPENED TO HER
BEFORE SHE DIED.
>> AN INMATE AT GRAHAM COUNTY
JAIL.
JAIL.
JAIL. C
JAIL. C JAILHOUSE PHONE CALLS BETWEEN
A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
THE FIRST CALL COMING DECEMBER
23.
23.
23. TWO
23. TWO DAYS AFTER JORDAN SIMS WAS
ARRESTED BY POLICE OFFICER
JEREMIAH FRENCH.
JEREMIAH FRENCH. >> PLEASE LISTEN TO ME.
I NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER.
>> JORDAN WOULD TELL HER MOTHER
THAT OFFICER FRENCH SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED HER WHILE THEY WERE
ALONE IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM.
>> HE STARTS -- .
>> ACCORDING TO REPORTS, HE DID
NOT HAVE HIS BODY CAMERA ON
DURING THE ARREST.
UPON ARRIVING, JORDAN WOULD TRY
TO MAKE AN ESCAPE AND WAS
WRESTLED TO THE GROUND.
OFFICER FRENCH IS ON LEAVE AND
UNDER INVESTIGATION WHILE HIS
ATTORNEY SAID HE ADAMANTLY
DENIES ALL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
HIM AND BELIEVES HE WILL BE
CLEARED.
CLEARED.
CLEARED. AFTER MAKING THE ALLEGATION AND
RUNNING FROM JAIL, JORDAN WOULD
BE HELD IN SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT, STRIPPED OF HER
CLOTHING AND GIVEN ONLY A SMALL
CAN THE BLANKET.
>> I NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER.
>> SIMS WENT THROUGH HER FIRST
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND CLAIMS THAT
WHEN SHE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO
THE JAIL SHE WAS ASSAULTED
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. THIS TIME BY A FEMALE OFFICER.
JAILHOUSE VIDEO SHOWS SIMS
BEING TAKEN INTO A HOLDING ROOM
BEFORE WALKING INTO THE SHOWER
ROOM WITH A FEMALE OFFICER.
TWO MINUTES LATER THE DOOR
OPENS AND THE FEMALE OFFICER
LEAVES.
LEAVES.
LEAVES. DURING THAT TWO MINUTES SHE
SAID THE FEMALE OFFICER
ASSAULTED HER.
ASSAULTED HER. THE OFFICER DENIES IT.
IT WOULD BE CHRISTMAS DAY THAT
SIMS WOULD TALK TO HER MOTHER
FOR THE FINAL TIME.
THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, SHE
WOULD BE TAKEN FOR A SECOND
EXAM.
EXAM.
EXAM. >>
EXAM. >> I'VE SEEN HER PREVIOUSLY
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL BRUISING
BUT FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT BY THE FEMALE OFFICER.
SHE DID NOTE THAT OTHER
INJURIES HAD NOT HEALED FROM
THE PREVIOUS VISIT.
SHE WOULD THEN RECOMMEND THAT
JORDAN GO TO A HOSPITAL TO
CHECK ON STOMACH PAIN.
JORDAN WOULD NEVER MAKE IT.
TWO BLOCKS FROM THE HOSPITAL,
JORDAN ESCAPED HER HANDCUFFS,
BELLY CHAIN AND ANKLE
RESTRAINTS BEFORE JUMPING OUT
OF THE POLICE TRANSPORT.
>> JORDAN WOULD DIE AS A RESULT
OF THOSE INJURIES.
THIS ALL HAPPENED TWO BLOCKS
FROM THE HOSPITAL.