JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. As deputies struggled to get Jim Purdy out of his Jefferson County home and into their car parked in the driveway, the 76-year-old warned the deputies his slow pace was delibe… [+5892 chars]
'A stiff breeze could have blown him over' | 9NEWS Investigates: The arrest and death of Jim Purdy - 9News.com KUSA
A man with a history of Parkinson's and dementia repeatedly fell while in the Jefferson County jail. His family blames his death on "indifference."
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