Jose Luis Lopez’s life began happily in Nicaragua. It ended violently, and his family rejects the coroner’s ruling of “excited delirium.”
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Their deaths were similar. The Contra Costa coroner’s process was not
In 2020 and 2021, two Richmond men died after being restrained and sedated. Records show differences in how the cases were handled. The coroner’s office won’t say why.
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2 men died in Richmond police custody after forcibly sedated. Records reveal inconsistencies
The families of a construction worker and a nurse who died in the last five years are left questioning what really happened and whether it was avoidable.
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Inside a reporter’s 3-year effort to investigate the deaths of 2 men after forced sedations
Richmondside reporter Joel Umanzor shares how he used public records and drew on personal relationships to tell the stories of Jose Luis Lopez and Ivan Gutzalenko.
