KILLING TWO AND INJURED A THIRD
PERSON AT A POLICE PROTEST LAST
YEAR.
TONIGHT ON LOCAL 10, HE WEIGHED
LO ESTO 200 POUNDS WHEN HE WENT
IN, BUT MONTHS LATER AN AUTOPSY
REVEALED A MENTALLY ILL INMATE
DIED WEIGHING CLOSER TO 100
POUNDS.
>> Calvin: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO
SEE, THEY WANT YOU TO SEE, AND
WE HAVE TO WARN YOU IT IS
EXTREMELY GRAPHIC.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED.
>> NEVER CALL AND SAY NOTHING.
NEVER CALL.
THIS IS NOT A HEALTHY PERSON.
THIS IS DEFINITELY A PERSON THAT
IS SUFFERING.
AND THEY SUFFERLE RAYLY BAD.
>> IT ISN’T JUST THE SORES ON
HIS BODY, OR THE BRUISING.
>> HE IS LIKE A SKELETON.
>> ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE TO HIS
MOTHER AND NIECE.
>> HE WAS DOING GOOD.
>> ANY PERSON, NO MATTER HOW
WRONG THEY HAVE DONE, STILL
DOESN’T DESERVE TO BE TREATED UN
FAIR.
>> HER UNCLE RANDY WAS.
>> A VERY HAPPY GUY.
>> DESPITE AND IN SPITE OF HIS
STRUGGLE.
HE BATTLED SCHIZOPHRENIA, HE WAS
BY POLAR.
>> HE HAD HIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
BUT HE LOVES TO EAT.
NO MATTER WHAT HE WAS THAT
JOYFUL PERSON.
>> RANDY WENT INTO T. G.K., HE
WOULD COME OUT, ALL THE TIME.
PETTY CRIMES.
Y’ALL STEAL SHOES OR TOOL SHED.
>> A SIMILAR ARREST LANDED RANDY
IN AN ANKLE MONITOR LAST YEAR.
HE WAS REARRESTED LAST NOVEMBER,
FOR TAMPERING WITH THAT DEVICE,
AND BOOKED IN AT TGK.
>> SO NOVEMBER 2020 TO JULY OF
2021, HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU SAY
YOU SPOKE TO RANDY?
>> NO CONTACT AT ALL.
>> THE PANDEMIC PREVENTING IN
PERSON VISITS AND VIDEO
VISITATION REQUESTS WENT NOWHERE
>> I USED TO CALL EVERY OTHER
DAY TO CHECK ON HIM.
>> HE WAS VERY SMART.
HE KNEW NUMBERS BY HEART, HE
KNEW HOW TO DIAL THE PHONE.
BUT SHE SAID HE IS NOT ANSWERING
BECAUSE HE IS DOING GOOD.
THEY TELL ME HE JUST GOT THROUGH
EATING, THEY SAY HE IS SLEEPING.
>> NEVER COULD GET AHOLD OF HIM.
>> HE DIED JULY 18, JUST DAYS
AFTER HIS 30 MINING BIRTHDAY.
IT WASN’T UNTIL THE DAY AFTER.
>> I WOULD HAVE BEEN THINKING HE
WAS STILL ALIVE.
>> THESE EXTREMELY GRAPHIC PHOTO
S CAME FROM THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER.
SO DID THIS REPORT, RANDY DIES
FROM FOOD ASPHYXIA.
IT NOTES A LARGE PIECE OF ORANGE
WAS FOUND BLOCKING HIS AIRWAY.
THE CONTRIBUTING CAUSE, PICA.
WHICH CAUSES PEOPLE TO EAT THING
S OTHER THAN FOOD.
>> IT SAYS HE HAS A SPONGE IN
SIDE OF HIM, A PIECE OF
PLASTIC.
HE HAD A MUSTARD PACKET INSIDE
OF HIM.
>> THE FAMILY ALSO SHARED SOME
OF HIS MEDICAL RECORDS AND
PREVIOUS TREATMENT PLANS, NEVER
A MENTION OF PICA, HE WAS A
MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT WHO WAS
REGULARLY PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.
NONE WERE DETECTED IN HIS
TOXICOLOGY REPORT.
JUST MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS ARREST
ED A 5’10" RANDY WEIGHED
IN AT 204-POUNDS.
WHEN THE MAD CALL EXAMINER WEIGH
ED HIM HE WEIGHED ONLY 113
POUNDS.
>> HE IS NOT EATING.
IS HE BEING GIVEN FOOD.
IS EEVEN TAKING MEDICATION, NO
ONE SPOKE TON MY GRANDMOTHER,
HIS MOTHER.
TO EVEN EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED.
>> RANDY, HE DIDN’T DESERVE THIS
>> MIAMI DADE POLICE ARE NOW
CONDUCTING AN INVEST SPACES INTO
HIS DEATH.
IN A STATEMENT, A CORRECTIONS
AND REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT
SPOKESPERSON TELLS THAWS THE
DEPARTMENT IS FIRMLY COMMITTED
TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE
INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS, AND WILL
NOT COMPROMISE IT BY COMMENTING
OR PREMATURELY DISCLOSING VITAL
INFORMATION ON ANY OPEN AND
ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
>> RANDY DOES HAVE A FAMILY.
2340 MATTER WHAT HIS SITUATIONS
WAS, HE ALWAYS HAS A FAMILY.
AND HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE HIS
FAMILY.
>> Calvin: SHORTLY AFTER OUR
INTERVIEW, RANDY’S FAMILY HIRED
A LAWYER.
SENT US THIS STATEMENT SAYING IN
PART, RANDY’S CONDITION AT THE
TIME OF HIS DEATH RAISES SERIOUS
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW HE WAS TREAT
ED.
WE AWAIT THE RESULTS OF T.G.K.’S
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
THE HEAT FAMILY DESERVES ANSWERS
AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS THEY
STRUGGLE TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
MIAMI DADE COURT RECORDERS SHOW
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE
DIED IN JAIL, A JUDGE RULED THAT