Ray Page
Ray Page, a man in his late seventies, was held at Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro, North Carolina, when he tested positive for COVID-19 on April 18, 2020. He was taken to a hospital on April 20 and died there on April 23, 2020. The state Department of Public Safety said he died of complications from pre-existing conditions and the virus. Officials did not release his name at the time, citing family privacy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The state Department of Public Safety attributed his death to pre-existing conditions complicated by COVID-19, and no source reports a contrary account.
Reported by: NC Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Sources (7)
- North Carolina Department of Adult Correction records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars
- Neuse Correctional inmate dies from COVID-19 complications, third inmate in NC
- Neuse Correctional Institute has first COVID-19 death among 465 cases as tensions rise
- Inmate at hard-hit Neuse becomes second in NC prisons to die from COVID-19
- North Carolina inmate dies from coronavirus complications at Neuse Correctional Institution
- 3rd Neuse Correctional Institution inmate dies from COVID-19
- Experts expect more prison COVID-19 deaths without more testing