Died in prison
Ernest Downs
Ernest Downs died on November 28, 2020, while held at Union Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the official mortality record, lists the manner of death as natural. The record gives no cause of death, age, or details about his life, and no other account of the death was available to this review.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as natural.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.