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Raynette Turner: Mother of eight becomes fifth black woman to die in US custody this month

Raynette Turner, a 43-year-old black woman, died in police custody while waiting for her arraignment on a shoplifting charge in a jail cell in Mount Vernon, New York.

As reported by the New York Daily News, Ms Turner was arrested on 25 July on suspicion of shoplifting at a restaurant supply store.

Two days later, while waiting to be read her charges in court, she died.

Her husband, Herman Turner told the paper that he waited all day in the court waiting for his wife's arraignment, and was told to come back the next day when the court closed. He returned home, and the next day two detectives arrived to tell him his wife had died.

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