Michael Dawson
Michael Dawson, Jr. died at Baldwin State Prison in Georgia in December 2019, around Christmas. Officials at the Georgia Department of Corrections said he died from injuries sustained in an altercation with another person held at the prison, and the GBI investigated the death as a homicide. According to Assistant District Attorney Tammey Coffey, his cellmate attacked him as he slept in his bunk and then arranged the scene to look as though he was asleep. The cellmate testified that he acted in self-defense, a claim prosecutors disputed, and a 2022 trial ended with a life sentence for the cellmate.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prosecutors say his cellmate attacked him as he slept, and the Georgia Department of Corrections says he died from injuries in an altercation with another person held there.
Reported by: Assistant District Attorney Tammey Coffey; Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).