Jeffrey Bolden
Jeffrey Bolden, 55, was held at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, and was taken to Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, where he died on September 6, 2022. The Missouri Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes. A Springfield News-Leader report said he was the fourth person housed at the facility to die within a week. In November 2022, the Texas County coroner said he died of stage 4 lung cancer and that no autopsy was performed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Missouri Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes, and the Texas County coroner attributed his death to stage 4 lung cancer without an autopsy.
Reported by: Missouri Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Texas County coroner (medical examiner or coroner).