Ormand King

Ormand King, a 57-year-old man, died on November 17, 2020, while in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections at the Fremont Correctional Facility. The department said he died of COVID-19 after developing symptoms and being taken to a hospital in Pueblo. The department said he was the sixth person in its custody to die of the virus, and it did not release his name, citing medical privacy.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Colorado Department of Corrections said he died of COVID-19 after developing symptoms and being transported to a Pueblo hospital.

Reported by: Colorado Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Sources (2)

• Colorado Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody
• Sixth man incarcerated in Colorado’s prisons dies of COVID-19 The Denver Post, November 17, 2020