Mitchell Rupe
Mitchell Rupe, 51, died on February 7, 2006, at the hospital inside the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, where he had been since January 3. A prison spokeswoman said he died of a long illness, and the county coroner said there were no immediate signs of foul play and that an autopsy would be performed. A former defense attorney had said in 1998 that he had terminal liver disease. His elderly mother, Anna, was described as seeing him smile and wave to her as he was led from a courtroom at a hearing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A prison spokeswoman said he died of a long illness after being at the prison hospital since January 3.
Reported by: Washington State Penitentiary spokeswoman (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.