Lamarcus Lee Hillard
LaMarcus Hillard, 40, died on September 19, 2020, in his cell at ADX Florence, the federal supermax prison in Fremont County, Colorado. According to an autopsy report quoted in a 2025 Daily Mail article, he died of ligature strangulation, and federal prosecutors have since sought the death penalty against another prisoner in his death. Mississippi Department of Corrections officials said in 2020 that the cause and manner of death were pending an autopsy. The 2025 article says how the death happened has not been fully explained publicly.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Department of Justice says another prisoner killed him, and an autopsy quoted in one article found ligature strangulation with a twisted bedsheet while he was bound and plastic sheeting was over his head.
Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators); autopsy report, as quoted in the article (medical examiner or coroner).