Juan Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez, 41, died on September 5, 2024, at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County, Mississippi, a state prison where he was held. Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain said he died of an apparent substance overdose, and corrections officers reported it on the afternoon of the death. Because the substance was unknown, state emergency management and health agencies were notified, and a hazmat crew cleared the clinic before the coroner could remove the body. Sheriff's deputies and the county coroner responded, and the investigation into the cause of death is ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain said Juan Gonzalez died of an apparent substance overdose.
Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (Commissioner Burl Cain) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.