Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

James Mears

died December 6, 2016 · Holmes Correctional Institution, Florida

James Mears died on December 6, 2016, while held at Holmes Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classified his death as natural. The department's record gives no cause of death. No other account of the death has been published, and the department's classification has not been challenged.

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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