John David Rakestraw
John Rakestraw was 31 years old when he died on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at Staton Correctional Facility in Alabama. The Alabama Department of Corrections said he was found unresponsive in his cell and taken to the prison's health care unit, where he was pronounced dead shortly after. The department said the cause of death will be determined by a full autopsy, and its Law Enforcement Services Division is investigating. Some records list an overdose as the cause, but no autopsy result has been released.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Incarceration Transparency's records list the death as an overdose, while the Alabama Department of Corrections said the cause awaited a full autopsy.
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (spokesperson Kelly Betts) (the agency that held him); Incarceration Transparency.