John Arthur Ackroyd
John Arthur Ackroyd, 67, died in his cell at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem on December 30, 2016, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. The department attributed the death to apparent natural causes. The Oregon State Police Criminal Investigation Division is investigating, as it does with all unanticipated deaths in state prisons. A second report of the death, published in the New Era, gives the time as about midnight and no further details.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Oregon Department of Corrections said he was found unresponsive and died of apparent natural causes, and the Oregon State Police is investigating as it does with all unanticipated deaths in state prisons.
Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Oregon State Police (outside investigators).