Jerry Selvage
Jerry Selvage, 60, died on October 5, 2025, at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, while in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The department's death data lists the cause of death as sepsis and the manner as natural. Officials told Louisiana First and WBRZ that no autopsy was requested because he had existing medical conditions.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections' yearly death data gives the cause as sepsis, and the Department of Corrections says no autopsy was requested because of his existing medical condition.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); Louisiana Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.