Justin Copier

Justin Copier, 25, died on July 20, 2025, in his cell at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, South Dakota. The death was described as an apparent suicide. South Dakota Searchlight reported that it was the second in-custody death of the state's current fiscal year. The outlet placed it within a higher-than-average run of deaths in the state's prisons.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: South Dakota Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• Apparent suicide at Springfield prison continues high number of inmate deaths in South Dakota South Dakota Searchlight, July 22, 2025