The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the May death of a jail detainee as a potential homicide, following a determination by the county medical examiner’s office.

According to a preliminary autopsy report, there is video showing the detainee, 39-year-old Tasha Grant, having her “chest and abdomen against the side of the hospital bed with pressure placed on posterior neck and back.”

Grant died from cardiac arrest “13 minutes following cessation of restraint,” according to the report.

The cause of death is described as: “Physical restraint in the setting of congestive heart failure.” Obesity, cardiovascular disease and Type 1 diabetes are listed as contributing factors.

“The determination of homicide by this office is a medicolegal term and does not imply wrongdoing,”

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