Gilbert Trujillo
Gilbert Trujillo, 71, died at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley on November 10, 2020, after being held at Sterling Correctional Facility in Logan County, Colorado. The Colorado Department of Corrections attributed his death to COVID-19, according to its records. Public health outbreak data surfaced the death before the department announced it, and the department declined to name him at the time, citing medical privacy laws. No sources report other people's accounts of his care or the circumstances of his illness.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Colorado Department of Corrections said he died of COVID-19, and the state's public health outbreak data also listed COVID-19 symptoms as the cause.
Reported by: Colorado Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.