Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Rickey E. Thompson

died July 3, 2013 · South Florida Reception Center, Florida

Rickey E. Thompson died on July 3, 2013, while held at South Florida Reception Center, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the official mortality record, classified the manner of death as natural. The available record gives no further detail on his age, family, or the cause of death, and no account of the circumstances has been published.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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