Died in jail or a lockup

Rayshawn Sheppard

30 years old · died March 18, 2021 · Sussex Correctional Institution, Sussex County, Delaware

Rayshawn Sheppard, 30, died on March 18, 2021, while held at Sussex Correctional Institution in Sussex County, Delaware. The Delaware Department of Correction announced the death in a news release. A news report listed illness as the cause of death, a claim attributed to that report rather than to an official finding.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: news report; Delaware Department of Correction (the agency that held them).

News reports (2)

News report delawareonline.com
Delaware Department of Correction: DOC announces non-COVID inmate death Delaware Department of Correction, news releases on deaths in custody, March 19, 2021

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