John Booth-El
John Booth-El, 60, died on April 27, 2014, in his single cell at North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland, where he had spent more than two decades on death row. He was found unresponsive shortly after an officer had spoken with him, and he was pronounced dead after staff could not revive him. State corrections spokesman Mark Vernarelli said the death appears to be from natural causes, and the State Medical Examiner was to make an official determination after an autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A state corrections spokesman, Mark Vernarelli, said the death appears to be from natural causes, with the State Medical Examiner to make an official determination after an autopsy.
Reported by: Mark Vernarelli, state corrections spokesman (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.