The Mirror.READ MORE: Uber Eats driver thrown off bridge and seen disappearing over barrier after shoving matchPalmer was taken to the Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital following an evaluation by medical staff at the jail and died on Thursday (July 21).
Suicide has been ruled out as a cause of death but there has been no comment from officials on any other details.Daniel's sister Wanda regained consciousness last week and authorities were alerted by her care centre that she had identified her brother, David, as the alleged attacker.Ms Palmer was attacked with a weapon at her home in Cottageville, West Virginia, but authorities failed to prosecute anyone previously due to a lack of evidence.She had been so badly beaten in the attack that responders initially assumed she was dead.Sheriff Mellenger told MetroNews that when they arrived on the scene, they thought she was dead.“We had a little bit of an idea what happened, but the problem was with the nuts and bolts of the case we had nothing to go on", he continued.When Ms Palmer woke up from her coma investigators went to the care home in Wetzel County, where she identified her brother in a shocking twist.
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