Justin Wade Hopkins
Justin Wade Hopkins, 39, was from Attalla, Alabama. He died on November 22, 2022, at Elmore Correctional Facility, a state prison, where he was held in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections. According to the department, he was reported unresponsive in his dormitory and taken to the prison infirmary, where he was pronounced dead. The department said the cause and manner of his death are pending a state investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Alabama Department of Corrections says he was found unresponsive in his dorm, and the state's investigation into the death is pending.
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.