Died in prison
Jerome Vincent Berard
Jerome Vincent Berard was 62 years old. On September 13, 2022, he was found unresponsive in his cell at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Alabama and died. A source inside the corrections system said he died of an overdose, one of six at the prison that week, but the Alabama Department of Corrections did not confirm this, and an autopsy was pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Alabama Department of Corrections has not confirmed a cause and an autopsy is pending; an unnamed source within the corrections system told the outlet it was an overdose.
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); unnamed source within corrections system.