Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Joshua David Willingham

29 years old · died September 13, 2019 · Ventress Correctional Facility, Barbour County, Alabama

Joshua David Willingham was 29 years old and held at Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton. On September 8, 2019, he was attacked and stabbed in a housing area by another man held there, and he was flown to a hospital. He died of his injuries five days later, on September 13, 2019, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections, which said another man was charged in his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody

Reported by: Alabama 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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