Gerald Florence, Jr.
Gerald Florence, Jr. was held at Hancock State Prison in Sparta, Georgia. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, officers found him unresponsive in his cell on July 7, 2019, and emergency medical services tried to save him before he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 7:45 p.m. The department described the death as an apparent suicide and said it is conducting an investigation. The department's account of the death has not been independently reported in these sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Georgia Department of Corrections described the death as an apparent suicide and said it is conducting an investigation as standard procedure.
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.