Melissa Marie Trayer
Melissa Trayer died on January 2, 2026, at Cumberland County Prison in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where she had been held for about a week. She was found unresponsive in her cell that day and was pronounced dead at 3:29 p.m. The Cumberland County coroner said she died of a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, a stroke, and ruled the death natural. WHP Harrisburg reported that an autopsy found she died of a stroke.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Cumberland County coroner ruled that Melissa Marie Trayer died of a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (stroke) and ruled the death natural.
Reported by: Cumberland County coroner (medical examiner or coroner); Cumberland County Prison (the agency that held her); Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (outside investigators).