Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

John D. Schaffer

died January 5, 2006 · Tomoka Correctional Institution, Florida

John D. Schaffer died on January 5, 2006, while held at Tomoka Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the record, classified the manner of death as natural. The available record gives no cause of death, no age, and nothing about who he was, so there is no further account to offer here.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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