Disabled Florida inmate was gassed to death after begging for medical help lawsuit says
Randall Jordan-Aparo
Randall Jordan-Aparo  spent four days begging for medical help.  He  suffered from a severe blood disorder and was showing signs of a dangerous flare-up: rapid heart beat  fever and debilitating bodily pain.  He  needed to go to a hospital   he  said.
In a matter of hours  guards found  Jordan-Aparo  dead on the floor of  his  cell  covered in orange residue. There was a Bible nearby  and he was positioned near the crack under his door  as if he were struggling for fresh air  according to the Miami Herald.
 Jordan-Aparo’s  death in September 2010 became the subject of multiple probes  including an inquiry by the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. A federal grand jury returned no indictments.
But a federal lawsuit by  Jordan-Aparo’s  family is underway  and they recently won a key victory in the case.
The lawsuit was brought by Jordan-Aparo’s 12-year-old daughter  who was 6 when he died  and her mother. It describes  Jordan-Aparo  as an orphan who was adopted after  his  biological parents committed suicide together when  he  was 5 years old.  He  had a criminal history of nonviolent crimes that included drug possession.
 Jordan-Aparo  was sent to the Franklin Correctional Institution in northwest Florida in October 2009.  He  had pleaded guilty to credit card fraud and was set to serve a 20-month sentence.  He  was a minimum security prisoner  set to be released in early 2011.
 His  disability  Osler-Weber-Rendu disease  is a genetic disorder that causes people to develop abnormal blood vessels  which can lead to anemia  severe bleeding and pulmonary complications.
On Sept. 15  2010   he  went to the prison infirmary with pain in  his  back and  his  side. Nurses recorded a body temperature of 102.4 degrees. The lawsuit says  he  had a “serious infection” caused by  his  disease.
Medical staff “ordered bedrest and Tylenol” and sent  him  back to  his  cell  according to the complaint.
Two days later   he  went back to the infirmary  the pain on  his  left side so bad that  he  couldn’t give a urine sample. It was a “medical emergency ”  he  said. Drink more water  a nurse told  him .
“The medical services provided to  Aparo  were objectively insufficient ” it adds. “This is a deliberately indifferent and reckless disregard for the treatment of  Aparo ’s medical needs and disability.”
Later that night  he reported to the infirmary two more times. His heart rate had soared above 100 beats per minute and he was having trouble breathing. An inmate told a correctional officer that  Jordan-Aparo  was so sick he had passed out on a toilet and pleaded to go to a hospital  according to the complaint. Prison workers again sent him to a disciplinary dorm for threatening to sue a nurse if he wasn’t taken to a hospital.
The lawsuit says he was murdered  and accuses prison workers of wrongful death. The alleged motive:  Jordan-Aparo  had been an informant against guards at another prison. Additionally   it  alleges conspiracy  violation of  his  constitutional rights  and violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. A trial is set for spring.
[TGT]spent four days begging for medical help.  [TGT]  suffered from a severe blood disorder and was showing signs of a dangerous flare-up: rapid heart beat  fever and debilitating bodily pain.  [TGT]  needed to go to a hospital   [TGT]  said.
In a matter of hours  guards found  Jordan-Aparo  dead on the floor of  his  cell  covered in orange residue. There was a Bible nearby  and he was positioned near the crack under his door  as if he were struggling for fresh air  according to the Miami Herald.
 Jordan-Aparo’s  death in September 2010 became the subject of multiple probes  including an inquiry by the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. A federal grand jury returned no indictments.
But a federal lawsuit by  Jordan-Aparo’s  family is underway  and they recently won a key victory in the case.
The lawsuit was brought by Jordan-Aparo’s 12-year-old daughter  who was 6 when he died  and her mother. It describes  Jordan-Aparo  as an orphan who was adopted after  his  biological parents committed suicide together when  he  was 5 years old.  He  had a criminal history of nonviolent crimes that included drug possession.
 Jordan-Aparo  was sent to the Franklin Correctional Institution in northwest Florida in October 2009.  He  had pleaded guilty to credit card fraud and was set to serve a 20-month sentence.  He  was a minimum security prisoner  set to be released in early 2011.
 His  disability  Osler-Weber-Rendu disease  is a genetic disorder that causes people to develop abnormal blood vessels  which can lead to anemia  severe bleeding and pulmonary complications.
On Sept. 15  2010   he  went to the prison infirmary with pain in  his  back and  his  side. Nurses recorded a body temperature of 102.4 degrees. The lawsuit says  he  had a “serious infection” caused by  his  disease.
Medical staff “ordered bedrest and Tylenol” and sent  him  back to  his  cell  according to the complaint.
Two days later   he  went back to the infirmary  the pain on  his  left side so bad that  he  couldn’t give a urine sample. It was a “medical emergency ”  he  said. Drink more water  a nurse told  him .
“The medical services provided to  Aparo  were objectively insufficient ” it adds. “This is a deliberately indifferent and reckless disregard for the treatment of  Aparo ’s medical needs and disability.”
Later that night  he reported to the infirmary two more times. His heart rate had soared above 100 beats per minute and he was having trouble breathing. An inmate told a correctional officer that  Jordan-Aparo  was so sick he had passed out on a toilet and pleaded to go to a hospital  according to the complaint. Prison workers again sent him to a disciplinary dorm for threatening to sue a nurse if he wasn’t taken to a hospital.
The lawsuit says he was murdered  and accuses prison workers of wrongful death. The alleged motive:  Jordan-Aparo  had been an informant against guards at another prison. Additionally   it  alleges conspiracy  violation of  his  constitutional rights  and violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. A trial is set for spring.