Efrain “Stone” Reyes
Efrain Reyes, 51, was a father of two who was close to his mother and niece, and a friend held with him said he hoped to get his life together. He was held at the Queens Detention Facility, a jail run by GEO Group, where he caught COVID-19, and he was released in April 2020. He died in late 2020 at his mother's Bronx apartment, and a source close to Reyes says the virus left him with lung problems and breathing difficulties that he never fully recovered from, and that these caused his death. The two reports give different dates for his death, December and November 27, and no official cause or manner of death is given.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A source close to Reyes says COVID-19 and its lung effects caused his death, which he contracted at the Queens Detention Facility after being held there.
Reported by: a source close to Reyes, who told the Daily News (family or their lawyers).