Dillan Travell Lawson
Dillan Lawson, 23, was a former Crestview High School football player who was once considered among Florida's top college football prospects and verbally committed to the University of Florida in 2012 before academic struggles ended that recruitment. He died on April 1, 2017, while held at Jackson Correctional Institution near Malone, Florida. The Panama City Medical Examiner's Office ruled his death a homicide from multiple stab wounds, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating. The Florida Department of Corrections described it as an apparent altercation between people held at the prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Panama City Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a homicide from multiple stab wounds, and the Department of Corrections described it as an apparent inmate-on-inmate altercation.
Reported by: Panama City Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).