Brandon Tapec
Brandon Tapec, 28, died on December 27, 2021, while held at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Maui, Hawaii. Jail staff said he died by suicide, according to a report from Honolulu Civil Beat. The Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists his death in 2021 on its public notification page, and the report to the governor did not provide details of the case, so the circumstances and any questions about his care remain unexplained in these sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Maui jail staff said he died by suicide, and the state corrections department's public death notice lists the death without giving a cause.
Reported by: Maui Community Correctional Center staff (the agency that held him); Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.