LEROY BROOKS

Cause UNDETERMINED / CONTESTED BY FAMILY. Gwinnett County Medical Examiner (case 24G-2185, investigator Caitlyn Ross) DECLINED jurisdiction (logged as a prison case / "storage"); NO autopsy was performed. The death certificate was to be signed by the Phillips State Prison physician, Dr. Latonya James, as natural based on the subject's medical history. ⚠ The family CONTESTS the coroner/ME's findings: the subject's daughter, Fredericka Thompson, told the ME "it can't be natural causes" and said she would be "making phone calls" — citing that the subject had a history of being beaten in custody (his mother had previously filed a lawsuit against the state over a beating) and that he "chose to stay in prison" out of fear for his safety. Cause kept Unknown/Pending. Source: Gwinnett County ME report (case 24G-2185), OCR'd 2026-06-26. [2026-06-26] Cross-reference: see GPS investigative case #141 — "Leroy Brooks — contested in-custody death, Phillips State Prison" — for the full Gwinnett ME report and the family's contest of the natural-causes finding.