Ben Christopher McClure
Ben Christopher McClure was 23 years old and from Rainsville, Alabama. He had been diagnosed with depression and anxiety years earlier and was receiving counseling, and he once told a court his mind was "unexplainably and unimaginably confused." In December 2017 he died after falling from the second tier of a cellblock at Limestone Correctional Facility. A prison system spokesman said an investigation found his death was a suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Alabama prison system spokesman Bob Horton said an investigation found the death was a suicide after he jumped from the second tier of a cellblock.
Reported by: Alabama prison system spokesman Bob Horton (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.