Rodney Beasley
Rodney Beasley, 49, was held at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, California, and died on September 14, 2020, at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation counts his death as the 60th COVID-19 death among people in its prison custody. Riverside and San Diego county counts did not include him, and a medical examiner's report named the wrong prison because the hospital gave incorrect information.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation attributes his death to COVID-19.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.