Mario Jerel Finklea

Mario Jerel Finklea died in his cell at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina, on Thursday, July 9, 2020. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said the death is being investigated as a suspected suicide. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and Department of Corrections police are investigating the death, and an autopsy was to be performed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said the death is being investigated as a suspected suicide, with an autopsy to be performed.

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.

Source

• Columbia man found dead inside his prison cell, South Carolina officials say The State, July 12, 2020