Jeffrey Harris
Jeffrey Harris, in his 40s, was in the custody of the Blount County Sheriff's Office, and Sheriff Mark Moon said he died on August 18, 2021, of complications from COVID-19. The sheriff said his death was believed to be linked to an outbreak at the jail. Other accounts give different details: a newspaper report names a Jeffery Harris, 43, who it says died in early August 2021 while held at the Marshall County Jail, and a separate record gives August 10, 2021, at the Blount County Jail. These accounts conflict on the date, facility and possibly the identity, and the sheriff's account is the only one that gives a cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon said the deaths were from complications of COVID-19, believed linked to a jail outbreak.
Reported by: Blount County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.