Benito Ocampo Albarran
Benito Ocampo Albarran, 41, died on April 26, 2015, at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama, where he was held and had been treated for medical problems. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said he died by self-inflicted hanging at 9:47 p.m. His attorneys, Joseph Flood and Steve Malone, said he had been found dead in his cell after an apparent suicide, and that he struggled with severe mental illness, addiction and intellectual disability. They also said he had endured serious trauma in childhood, tried to be a good father and husband, and was kind, decent and gentle. A court hearing on his appeal was pending when he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The chief deputy coroner ruled the death a self-inflicted hanging, and his attorneys, Joseph Flood and Steve Malone, said he was found dead in his cell from an apparent suicide.
Reported by: Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates (medical examiner or coroner); attorneys Joseph Flood and Steve Malone (family or their lawyers).