I am always suspicious when inmates randomly die in prison, and no one has any good answers.
I still have questions about Aaron Hernandez’s alleged suicide, but that is another story for another day.
In this case, we have an Ex-NFL defensive tackle, Saousoalii “Junior” Siavii, apparently taking his own life before he went to trial on drug trafficking charges. Do you believe the cops’ version of events? Here is what they are saying via the Kansas City Star.
Former Chiefs defensive tackle Saousoalii “Junior” Siavii has died after he was found unresponsive Thursday afternoon in a Leavenworth prison as he awaited trial on federal criminal charges related to drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession.
Siavii, 43, was found unresponsive at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth around 2:35 p.m, Anna Armijo, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, said in a statement. He was treated by prison staff and taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Few details were immediately disclosed about the circumstances surrounding his death. Armijo said no staff or other inmates were injured and “at no time was the public in danger.”
On Dec. 17, Siavii was moved to the medium-security prison in Leavenworth, which has recently been the site of many prisoner transfers following the end of a federal contract with a nearby private facility run by CoreCivic. Siavii has been held under federal detention orders since 2019.
Siavii was arrested in August 2019 on suspicion of illegal firearms possession during a struggle with police officers in Independence. A criminal indictment later named Siavii as being part of a methamphetamine drug trafficking conspiracy in the Western District of Missouri. He was charged alongside eight other co-defendants.
It certainly looked like Siavii would get some serious jail time, but maybe not for the rest of his life since he was one of eight people charged.
I would say this should be thoroughly investigated, but that likely won’t happen.
Flip the page for a video that details the downfall of Siavii.