Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Mark Simpson

died August 17, 2019 · Blackwater River Correctional Facility, Florida

Mark Simpson died on August 17, 2019, while held at Blackwater Correctional Facility, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the official mortality record, classified the manner of death as natural. The record gives no cause of death, age, or details about his life, and no other account of the circumstances has been found.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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