Died in prison
Devonte Brown
Devonte Brown, 22, died on February 6, 2021, at Mansfield Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio, where he was being held. JoEllen Smith, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, said the death is being investigated as an apparent suicide. State law requires that his body be taken for an autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. JoEllen Smith, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, said the death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.
Reported by: JoEllen Smith, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.