GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The family of a man who died inside a Gwinnett County jail is calling for answers after they say officers let him starve to death.
They say mental illness caused Phillip Munroe not to eat for several weeks, but that the staff should have kept him in a mental health facility.
Channel 2’s Audrey Washington is hearing from his family and the county’s response, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 p.m.
“I called just about everybody I could think of...and it was one of the most frustrating. It seemed like I could never get some results for him or figure out what was going on with him,” his mother Maureen Chestnut said.
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