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Edward Locke

76 years old · died January 14, 2021 · Kilby Correctional Facility, Montgomery County, Alabama

Edward Locke, 76, died on January 14, 2021, while held at Kilby Correctional Facility in Alabama. The Alabama Department of Corrections attributes his death to COVID-19, saying he tested positive in August 2020. According to the department, he was treated at a local hospital before being returned to the prison for comfort care, and he died in medical isolation in the prison infirmary.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Alabama Department of Corrections says he tested positive for COVID-19 before his death in its prison infirmary.

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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