Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Ricky Purdy

died August 13, 2020 · Graceville Correctional Facility, Florida

Ricky Purdy died on August 13, 2020, while held at Graceville Correctional Facility, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as natural, according to its mortality records. No cause of death is given in those records.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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

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