Richard Mair
Richard S. Mair, 40, died on September 11, 2013, while held at Dade Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded his death as a suicide, and the Miami Herald reported that he was found hanging in his cell. Police described the death as a suicide, while a note he left alleged that guards abused people held in the mental health unit. According to the Herald, a state inspector general's probe found that guards had been negligent in failing to check on him adequately, but it did not examine the abuse allegations in his note.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). The Florida Department of Corrections and a Miami-Dade police report say Mair hanged himself; a state inspector general's probe found guards were negligent in failing to check on him adequately, and his note alleging abuse by guards in the mental health unit was not examined.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Miami-Dade police report (outside investigators); state inspector general.