Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE
Edwin Barnett
Edwin Barnett, 58, died on August 12, 2008, at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, while held in immigration custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE's account lists the cause of death as sequelae of chronic renal failure, and says he was on dialysis. The available source gives no details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his final days. No other accounts of the death were provided for comparison.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE attributed the death to sequelae of chronic renal failure, and he was on dialysis.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.