Eric James Melton

Eric James Melton died in custody at Evangeline Parish Jail on January 4, 2021, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Incarceration Transparency recorded the manner of death as overdose.

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

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