Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

James W. Smithton

died July 7, 2013 · Reception and Medical Center, Florida

James W. Smithton died on July 7, 2013, while held at the Reception and Medical Center Main Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. No cause of death is given in the record, and the record includes nothing about who he was or about his family.

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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