Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Melvin D. Reid

died September 16, 2011 · South Bay Correctional Facility, Florida

Melvin D. Reid died on September 16, 2011, while held at South Bay Correctional Facility, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the official record, classified the manner of death as natural. The department's mortality listing gives no cause of death, so the circumstances of his death are not described in the source.

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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