Cody Silvers
Cody Slivers died in May 2020 at Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Georgia, where he was in custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections said he was injured in a fight with another person held at the prison, and that he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight. The department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating the death, and the department's Office of Professional Standards has described it as a suspected homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections says another person held at Macon State Prison injured him in a fight, and the department is investigating the death as a suspected homicide with the GBI.
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.
Sources (5)
- Georgia Department of Corrections investigates death of an inmate
- Inmate Death Under Investigation
- With five inmates dead and 41 testing positive, Savannah prison a COVID-19 hotspot
- Coastal State Prison reports highest number of inmate deaths related to COVID-19
- 5 dead, 44 test positive for COVID-19 at Coastal State Prison, and now a mother is concerned for her son inside