Joel Baker
Joel Baker, 62, died on December 24, 2019, at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The department said he was found behind the Main Prison Camp with severe burns on December 22 and that it appeared he had set himself on fire. He was taken to a hospital in Baton Rouge and died two days later. The department's death data lists the cause as suicide, and investigators said they did not suspect foul play while their investigation was ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections says Joel Baker set himself on fire, and investigators say they do not suspect foul play while their investigation continues.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.