Michael Lee Elliot
Michael Lee Elliot, 55, died on December 8, 2014, while held at San Quentin State Prison in California. A prison spokesman said he was pronounced dead at a hospital at 3:46 p.m. that Monday, after having been housed in a single cell. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists his death as due to natural causes. When CBS News reported the death, the cause was still pending an autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he died of natural causes, while a prison spokesman said the cause was pending an autopsy.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); San Quentin Lt. Sam Robinson (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.