Phillip Doster
Phillip Doster was held at Albemarle Correctional Institution in Badin, North Carolina, when he tested positive for COVID-19 in July 2020. He was hospitalized in early July, and his condition worsened until he died at the hospital. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety said he died of complications of COVID-19 along with pre-existing health conditions. The department declined to release further identifying details, citing family privacy and the confidentiality of prison records.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The N.C. Department of Public Safety attributed his death to complications of COVID-19 with pre-existing conditions after he tested positive while held at Albemarle Correctional Institution.
Reported by: N.C. Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.