Margaret McKnight

Margaret McKnight, 45, died on May 17, 2021, while held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County, Florida. She was found unresponsive in her cell, which she shared with another woman, and was later pronounced dead. Police, in their arrest report, classified the death as a homicide. The autopsy found that she died of mechanical asphyxiation.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The autopsy ruled her death a homicide by mechanical asphyxiation, and police attributed the death to another woman held in her cell.

Reported by: autopsy; Police (arrest report) (outside investigators).

Source

• Woman Charged With Cellmate's Death Last May Inside Miami-Dade Jail NBC 6 South Florida, September 17, 2021