Frank Smith
Frank Smith, 44, died on September 4, 2012, while in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections. News4JAX reported that he died of injuries from a violent confrontation with corrections officers who were transporting him by state prison vehicle from a hospital to Union Correctional Institution in Raiford. The department's mortality listing places the death at Reception and Medical Center Main Unit and lists the manner of death as pending the medical examiner's finding. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of excessive force, and five people have been suspended and several others transferred.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The Florida Department of Corrections says the manner of death is pending, while the FDLE has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of excessive force by corrections officers who were transporting him from a hospital to Union Correctional Institution.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators).