Kendrick Hoover

Kendrick Hoover, 27, of Anderson, died on March 1, 2017, at Evans Correctional Institution in Marlboro County, South Carolina, where he was held in state prison. According to the Independent Mail, he was stabbed to death by another person held there. South Carolina Department of Corrections Police Services was investigating the attack, and authorities had not released details of what happened. The name of the person accused of the attack had not been made public, and Incarceration Transparency records list his death as a homicide from stab wounds.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Authorities had not released details of the attack, and South Carolina Department of Corrections Police Services was investigating a stabbing by another inmate; Incarceration Transparency records the cause as homicide by stab wounds.

Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections Police Services (the agency that held him); Incarceration Transparency; news report.

Sources (2)

• Incarceration Transparency, South Carolina Deaths Behind Bars (Prof. Madalyn Wasilczuk and Incarceration Transparency) Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, deaths behind bars
• Inmate from Anderson County fatally stabbed in prison Independent Mail, March 2, 2017