Died in jail or a lockup
Michael Stephen Spiegel
Michael Stephen Spiegel, 72, held a doctorate in physics. He died in September 2015 at the Lee County Jail in Florida, where he had been held since his arrest in May 2014. Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott said he jumped from the second-floor landing of his cell block. The sheriff's account is the only one reported so far, and it does not say what checks or monitoring were in place before his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott said he jumped from the second-floor landing of his cell block, and the sources give no other account of how he died.
Reported by: Lee County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.