Eric Townsend

Eric Townsend died in custody at Louisiana State Penitentiary on August 16, 2025, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Incarceration Transparency recorded the manner of death as suicide.

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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