Edward Bodely
Edward Bodely, 73, died on October 13, 2025, at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, while in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The department's yearly death data gives the cause as sepsis and the manner as natural. Louisiana First, citing officials, and WBRZ, citing the Department of Corrections, both reported that no autopsy was requested because he had existing medical conditions.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists the death as sepsis in its yearly data, and the department says no autopsy was requested because of his existing medical conditions.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); Louisiana Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.