Family of former Saints player who died in police custody suing funeral home
By WDSU Digital Team
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NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The family of a former Saints player who died in police custody is filing a lawsuit against the funeral home that handled his body after his death.
According to Glenn Foster’s family, they claim the funeral home failed to preserve his brain which would allow it to be properly examined.
The family claims the funeral home cremated Foster’s brain without their permission.
Foster’s family believes he was having a manic episode at the time of his death.
Foster died in police custody in the back of a police cruiser in Alabama.
Attorney Ben Crump joined the family to announce the lawsuit.
Earlier reports:
Foster was declared dead in the back of a police cruiser on the way to an area hospital, according to a statement released by the law firm representing his family.
The independent autopsy commissioned by the family showed that his cause of death was strangulation.
His family said last week they believed he was having a manic episode when he was taken into custody on a speeding violation.
The family alleges they were denied any visitation with Foster before his death.
A lawyer for the family of a former Saints player who died in police custody in Alabama has issued a statement regarding the circumstances leading up to his death.
Special agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the in-custody death of a former New Orleans Saints player Glenn Foster.
According to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, the death was reported on Monday, Dec. 6, at a medical facility in Northport.
SBI special agents identified former Saints defensive end 31-year-old Glenn Foster as the deceased.
His body was reportedly released to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for further investigation.
Once complete, the findings will be turned over to the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney’s Office.
The attorney representing Foster’s family issued a statement Friday saying that Foster may have been having a manic episode during and after his arrest.
Foster’s family said he had mental health challenges.
According to the statement, Foster was taken into custody on a speeding violation prior to his death.
The family said he was pronounced dead in the back of a police cruiser on the way to an area hospital.
According to the statement issued by the family, Foster’s family went to post bail for him when they learned that he had been in a fight with another inmate.
The family alleges they were denied any visitation with Foster before his death.
The law firm representing the family issued the following statement found here: twitter.com/BenCrumpLaw/status/1469319135133851653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1469319135133851653%7Ctwgr%5Ef890705e608d9c9a07e71302baae3d0d877870d7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wdsu.com%2Farticle%2Fsaints-glenn-foster-funeral-home-lawsuit%2F42188566
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