Matthew Patrick Kinzer
Matthew Patrick Kinzer, 30, was held at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, Washington, when he was injured, and he died on November 12, 2020 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, where he had been hospitalized since early November. Franklin County Coroner Curtis McGary listed a head injury as the cause, but the autopsy was not definitive and brain and toxicology results were pending. An unnamed prison employee told the Tri-City Herald that he was assaulted on November 7, and the Department of Corrections is investigating what led to his death. Family details and the cause remain unresolved, and the department has not released details of the assault.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Franklin County coroner has not determined the cause of death, and the Department of Corrections is investigating an assault on Kinzer on November 7 that may have caused a head injury in a fight with another prisoner.
Reported by: Franklin County Coroner Curtis McGary (medical examiner or coroner); Washington Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).