Henry L. Bost
Henry L. Bost died while held at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor, North Carolina. Prison officials and the state Department of Public Safety describe his death as an apparent suicide, and the Charlotte Observer, citing the medical examiner's report, says he hanged himself with a sheet about three weeks after being placed in solitary confinement. The Observer reports that he had depression and had asked a prison mental health case worker for help before he died. WCTI gives the date of death as May 4, 2022 and his age as 40, while the Observer gives June 2022 and his age as 28. Local law enforcement and the state Department of Public Safety are investigating his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Prison officials and the NC Department of Public Safety call it an apparent suicide, and the medical examiner's report, as described by the Observer, says he hanged himself with a sheet.
Reported by: medical examiner's report (as described by the Observer) (medical examiner or coroner); NC prison officials and the NC Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him).