Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Levada Shelton
Charles Levada Shelton, 31, died of COVID-19 complications at a local hospital, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. He had been in the agency's custody at the Silverdale Detention Center in Hamilton County, Tennessee, since 2018, and the sheriff's office said he was hospitalized for about three weeks before he died. The sheriff's office said the jail offered masks and vaccines to people held there.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said Shelton died of COVID-19 complications at a local hospital after about three weeks there.
Reported by: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.