Angel Rivera
Angel Rivera, 65, died on September 22, 2021, while held at the Central Florida Reception Center, a Florida state prison in Orange County. Family members said he had taken part in mission trips to a sister church in Ecuador and had run two nonprofits, Global Mission Outreach and Union Baptist of Latin America. His family, according to WKMG, said he died of complications from COVID-19, and the Florida Department of Corrections confirmed the death and recorded the manner as natural. The District Nine Medical Examiner's Office was still requesting his medical history to determine the cause of death, and his attorney could not confirm the cause reported in the press.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as natural, and his family said he died of complications from COVID-19, while the medical examiner had not yet ruled on the cause.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); his family; WKMG-Channel 6 (reporters).
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