Kelly McGinnis
Kelly McGinnis, 61, died on January 29, 2018, while held at Lawrence Correctional Center in Lawrence County, Illinois, in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. The Department reported the manner of death as natural causes. A Bond County circuit judge, who had prosecuted an earlier case against him, said he had been told McGinnis was found in his cell and died of influenza. A UCLA Law Behind Bars record gives the cause as streptococcus pneumonia. The Department said it was investigating the circumstances of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Illinois Department of Corrections reported the death as natural, and a judge said he was told McGinnis died of influenza, while records list streptococcus pneumonia.
Reported by: Illinois Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Bond County Circuit Judge John Knight (court).
Custody: Serving a sentence.