Died in prison
Joe Burton
Joe Burton, 74, was a former metro Atlanta medical examiner who helped solve thousands of homicide cases over a long career in medicine. He died of cardiac arrest on November 22, 2019, at the federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, a facility that houses people needing medical care. He had been in failing health for some time before his death. No dispute over the cause of death was reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The article reports that he died of cardiac arrest at the federal prison in Butner, and it describes no dispute over the cause.