Died in prison
Merle Cofield
Merle Cofield died on March 19, 2008, while held at South Florida Reception Center, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural, and that is the agency's own classification. The available record gives no cause of death, no account of his circumstances, and no details about who he was.
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.