Bobby R. Ledford

Bobby R. Ledford, 34, died on June 13, 2021, while held at Kershaw Correctional Institution in Kershaw County, South Carolina. A local news report said he was found dead in his cell early that morning. Investigators from the South Carolina Department of Corrections Office of Investigations and Intelligence and the State Law Enforcement Division said they were treating the death as a suspected suicide and that an autopsy would be performed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections Office of Investigations and Intelligence (the agency that held him); State Law Enforcement Division (outside investigators).

Custody: Serving a sentence, held about 16 months.

Sources (4)

• News report wach.com
• Incarceration Transparency, South Carolina Deaths Behind Bars (Prof. Madalyn Wasilczuk and Incarceration Transparency) Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, deaths behind bars
• South Carolina Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody