James Ruppert
James Ruppert, 88, died on June 4, 2022, at Franklin Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, while in the custody of the state prison system. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced his death and said he apparently died of natural causes, with the official cause still pending. The Daily Mail reported that he had been denied parole several times and was a few years from his next parole hearing when he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said he apparently died of natural causes, with the official cause still pending.
Reported by: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.