Kevin Parker
Kevin Parker was held at Holmes Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison, when he died on April 19, 2020. According to trial evidence presented by the State Attorney's Office, another man stabbed him 11 times, including a wound that severed his aorta, after Parker tried to run up a set of stairs. Prosecutors said Parker was unarmed and had disengaged from the fight. Prosecutor Ben Keown said Parker had a life to live that he deserved to live. The Florida Department of Corrections records the manner of death as homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody
Reported by: State Attorney's Office (outside investigators); Dr. Jay Radtke, medical examiner testimony at trial (medical examiner or coroner); Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).