Died in prison
Louis Winkler Jr.
Louis Winkler Jr., 66, died on September 7, 2026, in the infirmary at Kirkland Correctional Institution in South Carolina, where he was in the custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The department said he had been ill for an extended period before his death and listed the cause as an extended illness. He was pronounced dead at 8:49 a.m.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said he had been ill for an extended period before he died in the infirmary.
Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.