Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Carl Winston Sanford

died August 29, 2018 · Coastal State Prison, Chatham County, Georgia

Carl Winston Sanford died on August 29, 2018, while held at Coastal State Prison in Savannah, Georgia. Guards found him unresponsive in his cell early that morning, and he was pronounced dead shortly after. The Georgia Department of Corrections says the death appears to be a suicide and is investigating it, as it does with any death in custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Georgia Department of Corrections says the death appears to be a suicide and is investigating.

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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