Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Christopher Howell

35 years old · died August 15, 2020 · Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Christopher Howell, 35, died on August 15, 2020, in a state prison in Luzerne County, in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide.

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

News report