On October 31st, 2022, Ted Wise was arrested on a bench warrant stemming from missed court dates in a 2020 domestic battery case.
Ted was lodged on the third floor on November 6th, 2022. His cell mates in interviews would say he believed Ted was suffering through alcohol withdrawal.
In his interview the cellmate said he encouraged Ted to seek help as he could see his condition worsen. The cellmate at one point was slamming on the door in an attempt to get the attention of nurses. When that did not work, Ted got up and pressed the emergency button in the cell.
According to the cellmate, it’s at that point Ted fell back and suffered a seizure. Corrections officer Jared Petrus called a medical code but Ted Wise was pronounced dead in the Winnebago County jail by the Rockford fire department.
This was the thirty-second case investigated and justified by the Winnebago Boone County Integrity Task Force.
Ted Wise was the fourth death inside the Winnebago County Jail investigated and justified by the Winnebago Boone County Integrity Task Force in 2022.