Died in prison
David Townsend
David Townsend, 66, was held at the Oakdale federal prison complex in Oakdale, Louisiana, when he went into respiratory failure. Prison officials said he died of COVID-19 and respiratory failure on April 1, 2020. He was taken to a hospital and placed on a ventilator the next day, and he died during an outbreak of the virus at the facility.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Prison officials attributed his death to COVID-19 and respiratory failure.
Reported by: Prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.