Donald Eastwood
The Florida Department of Corrections' mortality record names Donald Eastwood, who died on June 26, 2019, while held at Mayo Correctional Institution Annex in Lafayette County, Florida. The department recorded the manner of death as homicide, and officials said it was a suspected killing by another person held at the facility. News reports said a corrections officer was attacked and seriously injured by people held there on the same day, in a separate incident. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the death, and news reports said officials had not released the name of the person who died.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Florida Department of Corrections says the death was a suspected homicide by another person held there, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held them); Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators).