Robert Jeter
Robert Jeter was held at the federal prison USP Victorville in Victorville, California, where he was found unresponsive inside the Special Housing Unit and died in October 2023. The Federal Bureau of Prisons first listed his death as undetermined and now lists it as a homicide caused by blunt force trauma. His mother, Christina Jeter, said doctors at a California hospital told her that her son had been severely injured, and that the prison has not confirmed those injuries to her. She has pressed for answers about how her son died.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed). The Federal Bureau of Prisons lists the death as a homicide from blunt force trauma, while his mother says hospital doctors told her he was severely injured and the prison has not confirmed those injuries to her.
Reported by: Federal Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him); his mother.