Died in jail or a lockup
Health Benson Moore
Health Benson Moore was a man in his 40s in the custody of the Blount County Sheriff's Office in the summer of 2021, when COVID-19 was spreading through the jail. He died on August 18, 2021, one of two men in the sheriff's custody who died that same day. Sheriff Mark Moon said both deaths came from complications of COVID-19 and were believed to be tied to an outbreak at the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Sheriff Mark Moon says Health Benson Moore died of complications from COVID-19, believed linked to an outbreak at the jail.
Reported by: Blount County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.