Hans Christian Anderson
Hans C. Anderson, 58, died on February 17, 2016, while held at Tomoka Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison near Daytona Beach. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, he was attacked in the cell he shared with another person. Prison officials confirmed that another person held at the prison killed him, and the Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as homicide. A Florida Department of Law Enforcement affidavit, as reported by the News-Journal, describes the cause of death as ligature strangulation and blunt force injury to the abdomen. The affidavit says his cellmate was later charged with second-degree murder.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Florida Department of Corrections said he was killed by another person held in his cell, and a Florida Department of Law Enforcement affidavit describes ligature strangulation and blunt force injury to the abdomen.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators).