Antawon Johnson
Antawon Johnson, 35, died on August 14, 2025, at Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone, New York, where he was held. Corrections officers found him unconscious in his cell with a bed sheet and shoelace around his neck, and he was taken to the prison infirmary, where he was pronounced dead. New York State Police said an autopsy determined he was strangled and that the death is being investigated as a homicide. State police also described a physical altercation with his cellmate, and the investigation is ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. New York State Police say an autopsy found Antawon Johnson was strangled during a physical altercation with his cellmate, and the death is being investigated as a homicide.
Reported by: New York State Police (outside investigators); pathologist.