Died in prison
Raymond Payne
Timothy Hoffman, 73, died on December 10, 2020, while in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at State Correctional Institution - Somerset in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. A news report gave COVID-19 as the cause of his death. The Department of Corrections reported his death to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as natural causes.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (outside investigators).