Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Heladio Pena

died May 18, 2017 · Polk Correctional Institution, Florida

Heladio Pena died on May 18, 2017, while held at Polk Correctional Institution, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections listed the manner of death as natural in its inmate mortality record. The record gives no cause of death, and the department's listing is the only account available of how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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