Jeffrey J. Hawkins
Jeffrey J. Hawkins, 64, was held at San Quentin State Prison in California. He died on July 15, 2020, at a hospital in Oakland, outside the prison. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said his death appears to be from complications related to COVID-19, but that the exact cause had not yet been determined. KTVU reported that he died of coronavirus, while the Mercury News reported the official cause as pending, with COVID-19 suspected as a factor.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said his death appears to be from complications related to COVID-19, though the exact cause had not yet been determined.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (4)
- Condemned Inmate Jeffrey Hawkins Dies - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Coronavirus: These killers died on San Quentin’s Death Row
- By the numbers: A look at who has died of coronavirus in California prisons
- Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Surpass Two Decades of Executions; COVID-19 Has Killed More California Death Row Prisoners Than the State Has Executed in 27 Years