Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

James Beard

died August 19, 2019 · Hardee Correctional Institution, Florida

James Beard died on August 19, 2019, while held at Hardee Correctional Institution, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as natural. The record gives no cause of death and nothing about the circumstances, and it contains no further details about who he was.

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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