Died in jail or a lockup
Demarion Walker
Demarion Walker, 24, died on October 20, 2022, at Regional One, a hospital in Memphis, after being taken there from Shelby County custody the day before. According to an autopsy reported by The Commercial Appeal, he had a rectal tumor that had spread to his liver and a lymph node, and the cause of death was listed as metastatic poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum, with pyomyositis and COVID-19 infection contributing. The autopsy classified the death as natural. The sources describe medical complications reportedly linked to COVID-19.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The autopsy attributes his death to metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma, with pyomyositis and COVID-19 contributing.
Reported by: autopsy.