Woman, 33, dies in custody at Central Booking in Brooklyn after two trips to the hospital 35%
By Roni Jacobson67% Rocco Parascandola58% John Annese0%
4/13/2026, 5:18:27 PM
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A 33-year-old woman died in NYPD custody in Brooklyn Central Booking after two trips to the hospital within a 24-hour span, the Daily News has learned.
Zamiqua Miller, a Brownsville resident, was found dead in the holding area for suspects at Brooklyn Criminal Court on Schermerhorn St. in Downtown Brooklyn about 6 a.m.
Sunday, according to cops.
Her death may have been the result of a medical episode or an overdose, police sources said.
The NYPD Force Investigation Division is probing what happened, as it does with all deaths in custody.
Miller's family declined to comment Monday.
Police arrested Miller at 10:31 p.m.
Friday for misdemeanor drug possession after allegedly catching her carrying several envelopes of heroin, as well as crack and a crack pipe, sources said.
She had warrants out for failing to show up for past court appearances so cops put her through the system, taking her to Central Booking for arraignment.
The next morning, she appeared to go into drug withdrawal and was taken to a local hospital about 6:30 a.m.
Police took Miller back to Central Booking later that day, but she was soon taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital for the same symptoms, sources said.
She was discharged at 1:26 a.m.
Sunday and police took her back to Central Booking one last time, where she was found her lifeless in her holding cell about four-and-a-half hours later.
"She was a good person.
She was sickly.
She had an illness," a neighbor in Miller's Brownsville building told the Daily News Monday.
"I know her mom, her grandma, her.
They're respectable people.
Her mom is a hard-working mom.
She was a sweet girl.
I don't know the situation, but I know she was sick ...
It's shocking when somebody knocks on your door and tells you your child is gone."
Miller had a lengthy criminal history, mostly for retail thefts, sources said.
She had 23 prior arrests on charges including drug possession, burglary, robbery and petty larceny, the sources said.
She also had two open cases in Queens, for shoplifting detergent and diapers at two separate Walgreens, sources said.
The neighbor said she learned about Miller's death this morning "because we're a close knit family in this building."
"They should have kept her in the hospital," the neighbor added.
"They don't take good care of people who are sickly.
Her family needs to look into this."
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