Ryan Wilson was a 29 year old white man from Belvidere.
On November 8th, 2010, around 10 PM, Ryan was found unconscious in the bathroom of a fast food restaurant. According to his obituary, he was enrolled in substance abuse counseling at Rock Valley College and was an active member of Narcotics Anonymous.
Police alleged Ryan was found with a hypodermic syringe. Rockford Police Department officers responded and briefly transported him to a local hospital before taking him to jail.
Ryan was booked into the Winnebago County Jail by approximately 12:30 AM Tuesday morning. Later that day, he was found unresponsive in his cell, transported to a hospital, and pronounced dead at 11:43 AM.
This became the first case investigated and justified by the Winnebago Boone County Integrity Task Force, then known as the Winnebago County Integrity Task Force. It was also the second deadly force incident involving police in Winnebago County during the 2010s.
Ryan Wilson was also a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and a regular at the Belvidere YMCA.