Marquis Antwain Patton
Marquis Antwain Patton, 34, was held at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, when he died on June 26, 2023. The South Carolina Department of Corrections announced his death, and officials say he was found dead in his cell. Officials say he did not have a cellmate, and authorities are investigating his death as a suspected suicide. Incarceration Transparency's records list the cause of death as hanging and the manner as suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The South Carolina Department of Corrections says Marquis was found dead in his cell with no cellmate and is investigating the death as a suspected suicide, while Incarceration Transparency records list hanging as the cause.
Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Incarceration Transparency.