Alfonso Raymond Salazar
Alfonso Raymond Salazar was housed at the Florence prison in Arizona before he was taken to a hospital on April 21, 2020, and he died there on April 30. A federal public defender whose office had represented him said he died from complications of COVID-19. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office was examining the death and had not determined a cause. Reports differed on his place among Arizona prisoners who died of the virus, with one calling him the first death row prisoner in the state to die of it and another calling him the third person to die of COVID-19 in Arizona prisons.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A federal public defender whose office represented Salazar says he died from complications of COVID-19, while the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office is still examining the death and has not determined a cause.
Reported by: federal public defender whose office represented him; Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).