Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Jerome Atilus

died December 9, 2010 · Zephyrhills Correctional Institution, Florida

Jerome Atilus died on December 9, 2010, while held in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections at Zephyrhills Correctional Institution, a state prison. The department recorded the manner of death as natural. That classification is the agency's own claim about a death that occurred while he was in its custody.

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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