THORNTON, Colo. — Family and friends gathered at Homestead Hills Park in Thornton Saturday evening for a candlelight vigil honoring Sasha Chavez, who died in her cell at the Jefferson County Jail nearly three weeks after being arrested. The vigil called for accountability from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office regarding her death.

Deputies administered two doses of Narcan, an opioid-reversing medication, when they found Chavez unresponsive in her cell, according to a release from the Jefferson County Sheriff's office.

The family maintains that their daughter should have been protected while in county custody.

"We are focused on how she was treated and the neglect she unfortunately received, and so we just want to get that out there," said Mariah Martinez, Chavez's sister, during the

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