Died in prison

Michael Boyd Edwards

29 years old · died October 8, 2019 · Ridgeland Correctional Institution, Jasper County, South Carolina

Michael Boyd Edwards, a man from Summerville, South Carolina, died in October 2019 while held at Ridgeland Correctional Institution. According to the Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office, he was reported missing on the afternoon of his death, and staff then found him dead under a bunk in his cell. A pathologist ruled his death a homicide caused by strangulation.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A pathologist ruled his death a homicide caused by strangulation, and Incarceration Transparency's records list it as a homicide.

Reported by: pathologist; Incarceration Transparency.

Sources (2)

Incarceration Transparency, South Carolina Deaths Behind Bars (Prof. Madalyn Wasilczuk and Incarceration Transparency) Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, deaths behind bars
Ridgeland inmate sentenced after strangling cellmate, hiding body Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office, August 11, 2023

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