The families of at least 41 people who died while restrained by police in Maryland were inaccurately told that their loved ones’ deaths were either accidents, natural deaths or due to undetermined causes,

An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides.

A first-of-its-kind audit report released Thursday revealed that 36 deaths in police custody should have been deemed homicides. Instead, they were misclassified as undetermined, accidental or natural by the Maryland Office of the Medical Examiner,