Richard Valenti
Richard Valenti, 77, died on December 16, 2020, in Columbia, South Carolina, while in the custody of the state Department of Corrections. The department said he died of natural causes and not COVID-19. According to the report, he had been moved to an outside medical facility in November after spending much of the previous year in and out of hospitals. A family member said the news brought relief, because her family no longer had to keep attending parole hearings.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes and not COVID-19.
Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.