Billy Richard Bingham Jr.
Billy Richard Bingham Jr. was a Marine veteran and a son and brother from Gaston County who worked for his father's electronics company. His brother Jay remembers him as a man with a big heart who would stop to help anyone stranded on the road. He was held at Albemarle Correctional Institute, where he died in his cell on August 2, 2020. His death certificate lists pneumonia and COVID-19, and the family says they were never told he had been hospitalized, while prison officials initially did not acknowledge he had the virus.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The death certificate lists pneumonia and COVID-19 as the causes of death, as reported by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Reported by: death certificate; North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him).