Died in prison
Larry Lay
Larry Lay, 71, died on May 7, 2020, at a local hospital after being held at Blackwater River Correctional Facility, a Florida state prison in the Panhandle. The district medical examiner's office listed COVID-19 as the cause of death, and the Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. The prison had an early, large COVID-19 outbreak in April 2020, and his death was counted among those of people held there.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); District 1 Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).