Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Johnny Nelson

died December 17, 2003 · Reception and Medical Center, Florida

Johnny Nelson died on December 17, 2003, while held at the Reception and Medical Center Main Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural, according to its own mortality listing. The available record gives no further detail about his life, the cause of death, or the circumstances, and no family or independent account has been found.

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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