Police Defend Treatment of Actress Before Death

Oct 23, 2014 2:32pm

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Police in Auburn, Wash., say they did nothing wrong in dealing with now-deceased actress Misty Upham in the days and weeks leading up to her death.

The Native American actress, who appeared in August: Osage County, Frozen River and Django Unchained, was found dead in Auburn, a suburb of Seattle, on Oct. 16, more than a week after her familyreported her missing.

Since her death, the family has criticized the Auburn Police Department for its handling of Upham and said the department bears some responsibility for her death.

Webelieve that Mistys death wasaccidental. She did not commitsuicide, the actress father, Charles Upham, wrote in statement onFacebookthe day after her body was found. We believe she ran into thewooded area behind her apartmentto hide from the police. The area inquestion has a hidden drop off andevidence suggests that she slippedand fell off of the steepembankment when she tried to getout of a view from the road.

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Charles Upham wrote that his daughter was afraid of the Auburn police.

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