Jeffrey Sand
Jeffrey Sand, 69, died on April 9, 2020, while held at Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Milton, Florida. The Santa Rosa County medical examiner's office said he died from complications related to COVID-19, and the Florida Department of Health listed the cause as coronavirus. A Florida Department of Corrections record lists the manner of death as natural. Reports said the department had not publicly disclosed his death for nearly a week.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The medical examiner's office said Jeffrey Sand died from complications related to COVID-19, and the Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.
Reported by: Jeff Martin, director of the medical examiner's office that oversees Santa Rosa County (medical examiner or coroner); Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).
News reports (5)
- Inmate Mortality, fiscal year 2019-2020, archived
- Two Florida inmates die from COVID-19, first casualties in state prison system
- Two Prison Inmates Have Died As COVID-19 Continues To Spread At Blackwater In Milton
- Federal inmate death toll rises to 22; FL state prisons report nearly 4,000 inmates in 'medical quarantine'
- Rep. Jayer Williamson Looks Into Prison Death Inquiries