Died in prison
Patrick Pruitt
Patrick Pruitt was 23 when he died on August 5, 2020, while held at a state prison in Winslow, Arizona. Arizona Department of Corrections officials said he was found unresponsive in a shower area of the prison and had apparently hanged himself. Paramedics took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Arizona Department of Corrections officials say Patrick Pruitt apparently hanged himself in a prison shower area.
Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.