DENVER -- It's been more than 21 months since the death of Emily Rice and still, investigators, family members and city administrators are trying to understand why the 24-year-old bled to death in a Denver jail.

New information filed in federal court answers some of the questions.

The report by the state Department of Public Health is critical of Denver Health Medical Center and the treatment Rice received for her abdominal pain. The state said it received three complaints following Rice's death and found Denver Health failed to do its job in all three cases.

"She is dead because Denver Health and the Denver sheriff's killed her. That's the bottom line," said Emily's father, Roy Rice.

Emily Rice died on Feb. 19, 2006. She died inside the Denver city jail less than 24 hours after she was injured in a car crash and arrested for driving under the influence.

It turns out the crash ruptured her spleen and cut her liver.

"I blame everybody who set eyes on our child, that had the opportunity when she said, 'Please help me,' and they turned their heads. I blame every one of those people," said Emily's mother, Sue Garber.

The Colorado Department of Public Health report said Denver Health failed to conduct a proper screening when Rice was taken to the hospital after her crash and before she was admitted to the jail.

The state investigation also concluded that hospital staff failed to stabilize Rice's condition before she was transferred and failed to reassess her condition before she was transported to the jail.

"The truth is Emily was in excruciating pain and nobody helped. Nobody came," said Garber.

"We want these people held accountable," Roy Rice said.