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Dennis Dellechiaie's Jail Suicide Yet Another Jail Death Goes Under-Investigated |
November 27, 2013 |
but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened."
Winston Churchill
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Not As Intensive As They Use To Be
On November 14, 2013 - yet another Volusia County jail inmate allegedly attempted to commit suicide.
Inmate Dellechiaie did eventually die on November 16, while receiving care for his injuries at a local hospital, as detailed in the attached local media article. As per the Volusia County Sheriff Office arrest report Dellechiaie was arrested for engaging in sexual contact with children. (Dellechiaie was merely charged, and had not been convicted of the alleged crime - therefore he should be presumed innocent) VolusiaExposed also requested, and received, the jail reports generated on Mr. Dellechiaie's suicide / death. VolusiaExposed requested any additional reports that the Volusia County Sheriff Department generated on Mr. Dellechiaie. In the particular, we sought the VCSO death investigative report. In an email, Gary Davidson, VCSO's Public Information Officer, advised us that the VCSO did not have any other reports other than the arrest report. 
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Inmate William Styffe's Death Received A VCSO Review - Why Didn't They Investigate Dellechiaie's Death?
If you are a frequent reader of VolusiaExposed, you should be keenly aware of our dislike for the current statewide jail oversight procedure.
The current procedure is called - Florida Model Jail Standards (FMJS) -, and it came into existence on October 1, 1996.
FMJS replaced the repealed system as denoted in Florida Administrative Code 33-8.
The rationale for our dislike of the current FMJS system is fully explained in some of our past articles - a few of which have been posted / linked below.
In regards to in-custody deaths - under the FAC 33-8 system - all in-custody deaths / suicide attempts were independently investigated by the state prison inspector. Under the FMJS system - the jail self investigates the deaths, and the medical examiner submits his / her autopsy findings.
The problem in Volusia County, unlike many other counties, is that the medical examiner's office is a county office, not a state office.
It gets worst - the medical examiner's office, and the county jail, are both within the very same county department, the Volusia County Department of Public Protection.
So, due to the loss of these independent death investigations, done by the state prison inspector, there has been a larger adverse affect created, regarding the credibility of death investigations attached to in-custody deaths within the Volusia County jail.
We contacted the Volusia County Sheriff Department and questioned them on whether they were going to conduct a death investigation into Mr. Dellechiaie's in-custody death. As of this posting of this article - we have received no response from the VCSO.
The current procedure is called - Florida Model Jail Standards (FMJS) -, and it came into existence on October 1, 1996.
FMJS replaced the repealed system as denoted in Florida Administrative Code 33-8.
The rationale for our dislike of the current FMJS system is fully explained in some of our past articles - a few of which have been posted / linked below.
In regards to in-custody deaths - under the FAC 33-8 system - all in-custody deaths / suicide attempts were independently investigated by the state prison inspector. Under the FMJS system - the jail self investigates the deaths, and the medical examiner submits his / her autopsy findings.
The problem in Volusia County, unlike many other counties, is that the medical examiner's office is a county office, not a state office.
It gets worst - the medical examiner's office, and the county jail, are both within the very same county department, the Volusia County Department of Public Protection.
So, due to the loss of these independent death investigations, done by the state prison inspector, there has been a larger adverse affect created, regarding the credibility of death investigations attached to in-custody deaths within the Volusia County jail.
We contacted the Volusia County Sheriff Department and questioned them on whether they were going to conduct a death investigation into Mr. Dellechiaie's in-custody death. As of this posting of this article - we have received no response from the VCSO.
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