>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
>> A FAMILY DESPERATE FOR
ANSWERS.
>> WHO WOULD EVER THINK THIS WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR CHILD.
>> THE PARENTS OF THE MOTHER WHO
DIED INSIDE THE MCCOMB COUNTY
JAIL SHARED THEIR HEART BREAK TO
THE DEFENDERS.
>> WE'LL START 5:30 P.M. WITH A
INVESTIGATION.
JENNY MEYERS SENTENCEED TO 30
DAYS IN JAIL, BUT IT ENDED UP
BEING A LIFE SENTENCE.
>> THIS IS THE DEAL WITH JENNY
BEING ESCORTED INTO THE MCCOMB
COUNTY LOCK UP SHE WOULD NEVER
COME OUT.
>> NOW HER PARENT ARE SPEAKING
DEETS.
THEY ARE NOT HOLDING BACK.
>> NO, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE REACTED TO OUR
INVESTIGATION ALREADY.
MANY SAYING WHERE'S THE.
HOSPITAL?
TONIGHT JENNIFER MEYERS' PARENTS
SAY ALL INMATES NEED DIGNITY.
THEY ARE SOMEONE'S SISTER,
SOMEONE'S MOTHER, A PERSON.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> JENNIFER MEYERS ALMOST DIDN'T
MAKE IT INT THIS WORLD BORN PRE
MATURE, THREE POUNDS FIVE AND A
SURVIVED.
EMERGENCY.
>> SHE WAS A FIGHTER.
SHE WAS SUCH A FIGHTER.
UM, ANY BABY THAT GOES THROUGH
ALL THAT.
>> HER PARENTS, DIANE AND
RUSSELL SAID SHE WAS A HAPPY
KID, DID T TEE-BALL THING AND
GIRL SCOUTS.
>> SHE ACTUALLY ENDED UP GETTI
THE SILVER AWARD, I THINK IT
WAS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST AWARD
GIRL SCOUTS CAN GET.
>> HE GOT MARRIES, KIDS, BUT
BACK PROBLEM TURNED INTO A
PRESCRIPTION PILL PROBLEM, AND
EVENTUALLY HEROIN.
SHE WAS DIVORCED AND IT WAS BEST
FOR THE KIDS THAT THE FATHER
>> HORRIBLE.
IT IS.
IT'S DEVASTATING.
ITS IT DESTROYED HERE HER JUN
JENNIFER WAS SOON BEHIND ON
CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.
>> VERY PROUD OF THAT IN MCCOMB
COUNTY HOW THEY SWEEP PEOPLE UP.
>> SHE WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS
IN JAIL FOR NON-PAYMENT THERE
WAS ACTUALLY A SENSE OF RELIEF.
>> YOU JUST THINK GOOD, I KNOW
WHERE SHE IS.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HER.
THAT SHE IS SAFE, SHE'LL BE FED,
SHE'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, IF SHE GETS SICK, SHE'LL
>> THEN A KNOCK ON THE DOOR,
THEIR DAUGHTER WAS DEAD.
FROM ACUTE SEPSIS.
A VIRUS MADE HER VERY SICK, AND
ACCORDING TO A LAWSUIT FILED IN
FEDERAL COURT, JAIL AND MEDICAL
STAFF NEVER TOOK HER TO A
HOSPITAL.
>> THEY EXPLAINED THAT, YOU
KNOW, THEY SAW JENNIFER AT
BREAKFAST AND THEY SAW JENNIFER
AT LUNCH TIME.
WHEN SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR
DINNER THEY FOUND HER DEAD ON
THE FLOOR.
>> WHEN THE PARENTS DEMANDED
REPORTS OF THE DEATH, THE STORY
DID NOT ADD UP.
>> WHILE SHE WAS IN THERE TEN
DAYS.
SHE LOST 17-POUNDS.
THAT'S A LOT OF WEIGHT.
THAT'S A LOT OF WEIGHT TO LOSE.
THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS SHE
WAS SICK.
AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE.
MANY INMATES HAVE COME FORWARD.
>> THE DEATH OCCURRED JULY 7,
2013.
BUT THIS VIDEO HAS JUST SURFACED
AS PART OF THE LAW LAWSUIT AND
WAS OBTAINED BY THE DEFENDERS.
IT SHOWS THE SCENE FOLLOWING HER
WITNESSES.
OTHER INMATES WHO SAY JENNY GREW
SICKER EACH DAY, SWEATING
PROFUSELY, WITH A FOUL SMELL.
>> SHE WAS LAYING IN BED HUDDLED
UP LIKE THAT.
LIKE, NOT EVEN.
>> THEY CLAIM SHE WAS ASKING FOR
MEDICAL HELP FOR DAYS.
>> SHE WAS BT FEELING WELL.
AND THE NURSES DIDN'T CARE ABOUT
THEY DIDN'T GIVE HER A TIME OF
>> ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS CALL
DO.
THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN HER TO A
HOSPITAL.
>> THE HUBBELLS THOUGHT JENNIFER
WOULD BE SAFE IN JAIL.
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SHE
WA SLOWLY ALLOWED TO
DETERIORATE INTO DEATH.
WHY MEDICAL STAFF DID NOT DO
MORE TO SAVE HER.
>> THE INMATES KNEW SHE WAS
SICK, THAT CERTAINLY ANY DEPUTY
THAT WAS WORKING DURING ANY OF
THAT TIME SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED
THE FACT THAT SHE WAS SICK.
AND NOBODY DID ANYTHING.
>> HOW IN THIS DAY IN AGE IN A
COUNTRY AS ADVANCED IN AMERICA,
A PURSE CN SLOWLY DIE A PERIOD
OF SEVERAL DAYS.
>> WHO WOULD EVER THINK THIS WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR CHILD.
>> THE HUBBELLS KNOW THEIR
DAUGHTER WASN'T PERFECT, BUT
BELIEVE SHE DESERVED THE HUMAN
HOSPITAL.
SPEAKING OUT NOW, SO THAT
UNNECESSARY JAIL DEATHS COME TO
A STOP.
>> SHE DIDN'T WANNA DIE.
[ SOBBI ]
THAT CHOICE WAS TAKEN AWAY FRO
HER.
>> JENNIFER MEYERS' PARENTS HAVE HAVE
BECOME FRIENDS WITH DAVID WHO
DIED IN A SIMILAR FASHION IN THE
MCCOMB COUNTY JAIL IN 2014. THE
TWO FAMILIES MEET UP ON A
REGULAR BASIS IN FRONT OF THE
JAIL FOR INFORMATIONAL PICKETS
THAT ARE INVITING THE PUBLIC TO
COME TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS
ON DECEMBER 3.
KEVIN DEETS,.
>> I WONDER IF THE SHAIR
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS SAID
ANYTHING YET.
>> EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR THEIR
SIDE OF THE STORY BECAUSE OF THE
LAWSUIT THEY CANNOT COMMENT ON
THIS CASE, BUT THEY DID COMMENT
ON THE DAVID CASE, WHICH WAS
SIMILAR, THEY SAY THAT THE
GUARDS TAKE THE LEAD FROM THE
MEDICAL DIVISION, WHICH IS
PRIVATELY CONTRACTED.
SO IT'S THE MEDICAL PEOPLE WHO
DECIDE IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO TO
THE HOSPITAL.
DECISIONS.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE RECALL THAT
CASE.
ALL RIGHT, KEVIN DEETS WILL
OBVIOUSLY STAY ON TOP OF THIS.
WEAVE BRIRN GETTING VERY STRONG
REACTION ON THIS STORY.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE
OF COMMENTS HERE.
HERE'S ONE FROM BRENT
MONTGOMERY, QUOTE, I'LL NEVER
UNDERSTAND HOW JAILING SOMEONE
CHILD.
WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE FROM HEB
HEATHER, SHE SAYS THIS WORLD IS
A MESS.
MY HEART HURTS FOR HER CHILDREN
AND FAMILY.
>> IN CASE YOU MISSED IT LAST
NIGHT, WE HAVE POSTED KEVIN'S
MCCOMB COUNTY JAIL.