Richard O. Slaughter
Richard O. Slaughter, 49, was found unconscious in his housing unit at Red Rock Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, in June 2017. He was taken to a hospital in Phoenix with visible head injuries and later died at another hospital. The Arizona Department of Corrections said the injuries came from suspected blunt force trauma and is treating his death as a suspected homicide. A criminal investigation into the death is ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Arizona Department of Corrections says he died of head injuries from suspected blunt force trauma and is treating the death as a suspected homicide under an ongoing criminal investigation.
Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.