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March 17, 2023

She died in a jail cell. Did corrections staff ignore advice of EMS to treat her?

She died in a jail cell. Did corrections staff ignore advice of EMS to treat her?

A family wants accountability and action after a woman died inside a local jail. They told News 4 she begged for help, but corrections officials ignored the advice of paramedics who said she needed to be in a hospital, not a cell.

Forty-five-year-old Kate Pinson was a daughter and a mother.

“She was there for every big event she had. Did these awesome costumes for us every Halloween, handmade costumes,” said her daughter Kayla Hoeer. “A really good. Mom.”

But Kate was also bipolar and struggled with substance abuse.

“She had her first surgery about 23 years of age, and she was put on opiates for the pain,” said her mother Sally Becker.

Later, her family said, she turned to fentanyl. In August last year, she was arrested for warrants on outstanding traffic tickets. She was taken to St. Louis County first, then the St. Ann jail.

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