John Moser
John Moser was 84 years old when he died on April 30, 2020, while held at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in West Feliciana Parish. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists the cause of death as COVID-19 and classifies it as natural. Records compiled by Incarceration Transparency describe a respiratory complication from COVID-19 and list his health conditions as hypertension, atrial fibrillation and COPD. WAFB reported in July 2020, citing autopsy and prison records it reviewed, that the virus caused his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); WAFB-TV, reviewing autopsy and prison records (reporters); Incarceration Transparency; UCLA Law Behind Bars.
Custody: Serving a sentence, held about 32 years. The illness that caused the death began in custody, the facility reported.
Sources (4)
- Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, deaths in 2020 (data file)
- Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Louisiana Deaths Behind Bars
- Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Louisiana Deaths Behind Bars, via UCLA Law Behind Bars
- 11 Angola ‘lifers’ have died of COVID-19 since pandemic began