Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

J. W. Combess

died August 14, 2011 · South Florida Reception Center, South Unit, Florida

J. W. Combess died on August 14, 2011, while held at the South Florida Reception Center South Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural, which is the department's own classification. No cause of death was given in the record, and the department's classification is its claim, not an established finding.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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

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