Calvin Craddock
Calvin Craddock, 49, was found hanging in his cell at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at about 5:33 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2016. Prison investigators reported the death as an apparent suicide. They said a second apparent suicide happened that morning in the same housing area and that the two deaths were being reviewed. Officials said preliminary information suggested all protocols were followed, a claim the sources present as the agency's own account.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Prison investigators said Craddock was found hanging in his cell and that the death was a suicide, and said preliminary information suggests all protocols were followed.
Reported by: Louisiana State Penitentiary investigators (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.