Curtis Panoke
Curtis Panoke was moved in 2010 from a state hospital in Hawaii to the Columbia Regional Care Center in Columbia, South Carolina, a facility under contract with the state health department, after several assaults there, according to Hawaii News Now. His family's lawsuit against the facility and the state says other patients beat him into a coma in 2016. Hawaii News Now reports that he died the following year. The family is suing the facility and the state over his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. His family's lawsuit against the facility and the state says other patients beat him into a coma in 2016.
Reported by: family, in a lawsuit against the facility and the state (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family is suing the Columbia Regional Care Center and the State of South Carolina over his death.