Albert Edward Mendel Jr.
Albert Edward Mendel Jr. was 66 and was receiving hospice care in the infirmary at Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, Alabama, during the COVID-19 pandemic. He tested positive for the virus on September 28, 2020, was moved to a hospital on October 9, and died there on October 29. The Alabama Department of Corrections attributed his death to COVID-19, noting he was already gravely ill with another condition.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Alabama Department of Corrections attributes the death to COVID-19 while he was in hospice care for a separate medical condition.
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.