Minnesota family sues jail over son’s death in custody

Lucas Bellamy, 40, died from a perforated bowel after repeatedly being denied medical treatment by jail staff

A Minnesota family is suing a county jail alleging their son died in prison after staff refused to provide him with medical attention.

Lucas Bellamy, 40, died in July 2022 three days after he had been arrested by the Hennepin county sheriff's department. Bellamy's family says that jail staff ignored their son's desperate pleas for medical attention and signs that he was in agonizing pain.