Daniel Burton
Daniel Burton, 45, died at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, while held in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The department's death data lists his death on September 27, 2025, and gives the cause as heart-related, including cardiopulmonary arrest. A Louisiana First report published in November 2025 gave the date as September 26 and said he was one of several people who unexpectedly died at the prison that fall, without stating a cause. The two accounts differ on the date of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections' yearly death data lists the death as heart-related, including cardiopulmonary arrest.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.