Joshua Roman
Joshua Roman died at Valdosta State Prison in Valdosta, Georgia, in August 2018, where he was in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department said he died from injuries he received during an argument with another person held at the facility, and its special agents are investigating the death as a suspected homicide. The Lowndes County Coroner pronounced him dead at the prison. A 2024 report attributes the same account, injuries sustained in a fight, to the corrections department.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections says he died of injuries from an altercation with another inmate, and its investigators are treating the death as a suspected homicide.
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Georgia Department of Corrections Office of Professional Standards (the agency that held him); Lowndes County Coroner (medical examiner or coroner); Georgia Department of Corrections special agents (outside investigators).