Elijah Marcum
Elijah Marcum, 20, died at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex, a maximum security prison in West Virginia. Prison officials said guards found him in need of medical attention, staff took him to the infirmary, and he was pronounced dead about an hour later. The state's Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety said the evidence so far indicates he hanged himself, and that the medical examiner's findings were still pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Lawrence Messina, spokesman for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, said the evidence so far shows Elijah Marcum hanged himself, with the medical examiner's results still pending.
Reported by: Lawrence Messina, Director of Communications for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.