Died in prison
Lonnie Painter
Lonnie Painter, 57, died on December 14, 2019, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, a federal facility where he was being held. He was found unresponsive with life-threatening neck injuries and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled the death a suicide, and the Bureau of Prisons declined to comment on the circumstances.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Cook County medical examiner ruled that he slashed his own throat, and no source in the accounts disputes that ruling.
Reported by: Cook County medical examiner's office (medical examiner or coroner).