Gordon Lee
Gordon Lee died on July 4, 2014, at the Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye, Arizona, where he was being held. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office, relying on a Department of Corrections investigation, says he was strangled by two other men held in the same prison. One of those men denies the allegations and says he was asleep at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Arizona Department of Corrections investigators found that two other men held at the Lewis Prison Complex strangled Gordon Lee, and both were charged with first-degree murder; one of them denies the allegations, saying he was asleep at the time.
Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections (outside investigators); Maricopa County Attorney's Office.