Joseph S. Russo
Joseph Russo, 73, died while held at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware. The Delaware Department of Correction announced his death in a news release giving the date as April 10, 2020, while a WHYY report published April 16 said he died of respiratory failure. Other men in his housing unit had tested positive for the coronavirus, and department officials said he tested negative in two rounds of testing, with a third result still pending when the report was published. The accounts differ on the date of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The news report says he died of respiratory failure, while Department of Correction officials said he tested negative for coronavirus in two rounds of testing.
Reported by: news reporting on his death.