Gerald Jerome Jeter
Gerald Jerome Jeter, 64, of Spartanburg, died on November 23, 2020, while serving a sentence at Goodman Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Corrections, through communications director Chrysti Shain, said he died from COVID-19 related complications. The department said he had chronic health conditions, tested positive for the virus in September, and was hospitalized on September 29. It said he was still hospitalized with complications after testing negative on October 29.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The South Carolina Department of Corrections, through spokesperson Chrysti Shain, said he died of COVID-19 related complications.
Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.