Died in prison
Joshua Brown
Joshua Brown was held at a Tennessee state prison. The Tennessee Department of Corrections said that in February a visitor allegedly passed him a balloon pellet of methamphetamine during a kiss, and that he swallowed it. He died at a local hospital. A visitor has been charged with second-degree murder and introducing contraband in connection with his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Tennessee Department of Corrections says he swallowed a balloon pellet of methamphetamine that a visitor allegedly passed to him during a kiss.
Reported by: Tennessee Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.