Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

James Skiles

died September 17, 2022 · Okeechobee Correctional Institution, Florida

James Skiles died on September 17, 2022, while held at Okeechobee Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classifies the manner of death as natural, according to its mortality record. That record gives no cause of death, and the department's classification is its own claim about the death.

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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