Joe Louis Kearney
Joe Louis Kearney, 55, died on April 1, 2020 at a hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell at Parnall Correctional Facility near Jackson, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Corrections said he had not told staff he was sick, and hospital testing after his death came back positive for COVID-19. The department said his death was the first COVID-19 death of a Michigan state prisoner. Its spokesman, Chris Gautz, was quoted in the reporting on the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Michigan Department of Corrections says he died of COVID-19, a post-mortem positive test after he was found unresponsive in his cell and taken to a hospital.
Reported by: Michigan Department of Corrections, spokesman Chris Gautz (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.