Carl J. Piirto
Carl J. Piirto, 61, was held at the Bonneville County Jail in Idaho when he showed symptoms of COVID-19. He tested positive on March 11, 2021, and was taken under deputy guard to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, where he died on March 14. The Bonneville County Sheriff's Office attributed his death to sickness related to the coronavirus and said he had been kept in the jail's isolation area for newly booked people. An autopsy was scheduled.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Bonneville County Sheriff's Office says he died of sickness related to COVID-19 after testing positive and being taken to a hospital under deputy guard.
Reported by: Bonneville County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.