Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Howard Cohen

died January 19, 2014 · South Florida Reception Center, Florida

Howard Cohen died on January 19, 2014, while held at South Florida Reception Center, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classified the manner of death as natural, and the record names no cause. The record says nothing more about who he was or how he died, and the natural-death classification is the department's own claim.

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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