Charles Hobbs Jr.
Charles Hobbs Jr., 51, died at a hospital after a medical emergency while held at the Metro West Detention Center in Miami-Dade County. The Corrections and Rehabilitation Department said he was hospitalized for medical reasons, and as of May 4, 2020, the Medical Examiner's Office had not determined a cause of death. He had tested positive for COVID-19 and had other chronic health conditions. Affidavits from people held with him describe weeks of illness and a seizure-like episode on April 28 before he was taken out of the dorm.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The jail said he was hospitalized for medical reasons, and the Medical Examiner's Office had not determined a cause of death as of May 4, 2020.
Reported by: Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.