Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Robert Thornton

died November 4, 2020 · Reception and Medical Center, Florida

Robert Thornton died on November 4, 2020, while held at the Reception and Medical Center Main Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, in its mortality records, listed the manner of death as natural. No cause of death is given in the records available, and no details about his life have 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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