On May 24, 2025, at 7:18 p.m., the Howard County Coroner was dispatched to the Howard County Jail regarding a death investigation of an inmate. The decedent has been positively identified as Amanda Lee Sullivan, a 46-year-old female from Kokomo.

An autopsy was performed on May 27, 2025, by a forensic pathologist at the Howard County Coroner’s Office. The cause of death has been determined to be Schizophrenia with other significant conditions of hyponatremia. The manner of death has been ruled as natural.

The investigation was completed by the Indiana State Police, the Howard County Sheriff Department, and the Howard County Coroner’s Office.