John D.R. Atchison
John D.R. Atchison was a married father of three from Gulf Breeze, Florida, who coached girls' softball and basketball in a park a few blocks from his home. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney, and he was found unresponsive in his cell at the Milan federal prison in Michigan and pronounced dead at a local hospital on Friday, October 5, 2007. The Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Felicia Ponce said he was held alone in a special housing unit and that the death is under investigation. His lawyer said he had attempted suicide weeks earlier in another county jail and that he had done a lot of good in his life.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Felicia Ponce said he died by suicide, and his lawyer said he had attempted suicide weeks earlier in another county jail.
Reported by: Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Felicia Ponce (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.