Died in prison
Joseph Assyd
Joseph Assyd, 64, had diabetes and was held in an Arizona prison. He died at a hospital in Tucson in April 2020. Pima County Medical Examiner Gregory Hess said Assyd died of COVID-19 after a respiratory infection, and reports described it as the first COVID-19 death in Arizona prisons, while corrections officials declined to say whether any other people held in state prisons had died from the virus.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Pima County Medical Examiner Gregory Hess said he died of COVID-19 after a respiratory infection.
Reported by: Pima County Medical Examiner Gregory Hess (medical examiner or coroner).