Now that my nephew is finally at rest, I can’t stay silent anymore.
My nephew, Andrew Hill, is gone. He died in a cell at the Dickinson City Jail.
He was pulled over for minor traffic violations: no front license plate, failure to provide a driver’s license, and a paraphernalia ticket for a sealed THC preroll from a gas station. Instead of issuing tickets, an officer chose to take him to jail.
We’ve been asked, “Why would he take his life over something so small?”  
Our question is: why wasn’t he kept safe in the custody they chose to put him in?
Around 10:45 p.m., Andrew called my sister. While they were on the phone—with a jailer sitting right next to him, actively engaged in conversation—Andrew said, “I’m just going to kill myself, Mom.”
The jailer heard him. Not secondhand. Not in a report. He was right there.
And still—no suicide watch. No increased monitoring. Nothing.
Eight hours passed.
Around 7 a.m., they say he was given a cell phone in his cell (which raises even more questions considering in his conversations his phone was with his car in impound). He handed it back and said, “No one loves me.” Another clear cry for help.
Two more hours passed without anyone checking on him.
11 hours after Andrew said he wanted to die—out loud, in front of a jail employee—he did.
It took an hour and a half after EMS was called for anyone to notify my sister. Even then, she was told nothing—until she walked into a room where her son was being kept alive by machines.
And then, we lost him.
Since that moment, we’ve been met with silence. No real answers. No accountability. Just a jail that went quiet the moment we started asking questions.
There are major inconsistencies in their story. They claim they responded quickly, yet doctors say it had been at least 30–40 minutes before CPR began. We’ve been told there were missing segments of surveillance footage—meaning the hospital did not receive accurate information to properly care for him.
And that’s only part of it.
We will not stay quiet just because they have.
Andrew had a name. He had a life. He spoke the exact words that should have triggered protection—right in front of the person responsible for his safety—and nothing was done.
We are demanding accountability.
We are starting #justiceforandrewhill because no jail should ever hear someone say they want to die, ignore it, and then go silent when a mother asks what happened to her child.
If you are reading this, please share it. Tag your local news. Help us make sure this cannot be ignored.
Andrew mattered. They heard him ask for help. I will not stop asking why no one answered.
#AndrewsLaw #JusticeForAndrewHill #DisruptSociety