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Former Saints player John Glenn Foster dies at thirty-one days once Alabama arrest

Former metropolis Saints defensive finish John Glenn Foster died on Monday, each day once being command in police custody in Alabama. He was thirty one years recent.

The Pickens County, Alabama health worker and Coroner’s workplace confirmed his death to metropolis media on Tuesday. investigator Chad Harless told WWL four that his workplace was in possession of Foster’s body which associate degree autopsy was unfinished.

The reason behind death is unclear. Harless declined to handle the circumstances of Foster’s death together with wherever it happened, citing a unfinished investigation. The Pickens County Sheriff’s workplace declined comment and referred native media to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation, that had nevertheless to supply comment as of Tuesday afternoon.

Pickens County Sheriff’s workplace records on Tuesday showed 2 booking dates for Foster. the primary is at 12:36 a.m. on Saturday on charges of reckless endangerment, battery and commit to elude. That record shows a unleash time of 3:14 p.m. on Sunday.

The second booking record indicates that Foster was reserved once more at 3:16 p.m. on Sunday on charges of straightforward assault and theft within the interrogation, 2 minutes once the discharge listed on the previous booking record. That record shows a unleash time of 2:25 p.m. on Tuesday, each day once his death.

With officers declining to comment as of Tuesday afternoon, the explanation for the timeline discrepancy isn’t clear. neither is it clear whether or not Foster was in custody once he died.

Foster’s family getting ready a press release

The metropolis Times-Picayune reports that Foster’s spouse and fogeys were getting ready a press release Tuesday afternoon.

Foster vie 2 seasons for the metropolis Saints from 2013-14 once taking part in school soccer at Illinois. He was born in Chicago and vie soccer at Chicago’s mountain range highschool.

Illinois state Rep. Kim Buckner paid tribute to Foster Tuesday morning on Twitter in one amongst the primary public acknowledgments that Foster had died.

Saints tackle and former associate Terron Armstead paid tribute on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.

According to the Times-PIcayune, Foster remained in metropolis once his unleash by the Saints in 2015 and worked as a contractor, developer and realty agent whereas running a granite tabletop business with multiple storefronts within the town.