Edward Isaiah Nelson

Edward Nelson, 27, died on October 18, 2019, at Broad River Correctional Institution, where he was held in the custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Department of Corrections officials said he took his own life in his cell, according to Live 5 News. Incarceration Transparency also lists his death as a suicide, based on its own records.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. South Carolina Department of Corrections officials said he took his own life in his cell at Broad River Correctional Institution.

Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Incarceration Transparency.

Sources (2)

• Incarceration Transparency, South Carolina Deaths Behind Bars (Prof. Madalyn Wasilczuk and Incarceration Transparency) Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, deaths behind bars
• Inmate serving life for murder found dead in prison of suspected suicide Live 5 News, October 21, 2019