Died in custody
Faye Copeland
Faye Copeland, 82, died on December 28, 2003, at the Morningside Center nursing home in Livingston County, Missouri, where she had been placed on medical parole. A stroke in 2002 had left her partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The Missouri Department of Corrections announced her death, and Livingston County coroner Scott Lindley said she died of natural causes. Petitions sent to the governor in 1995 and 1999 on her behalf said she posed no threat and argued that her age meant she should be brought home.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Livingston County coroner Scott Lindley described the death as natural causes.
Reported by: Livingston County coroner Scott Lindley (medical examiner or coroner).