Ross Paul Yates
Ross Paul Yates died on May 30, 2006, while held at the Baldwin County Corrections Center in Baldwin County, Alabama. According to a news report, he was found slumped over and unresponsive in his cell on the night of May 30, with his hands cuffed to a restraint rail on the wall. The coroner pronounced him dead early the next morning and said rigor mortis had already set in, suggesting he had been dead for hours. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is checking whether the policy requiring restrained prisoners to be checked every half hour was followed, and the guard in charge was transferred, while the cause and manner of death remain pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A news report lists restraint as the cause, while the Alabama Bureau of Investigation is checking whether the required half-hour checks on restrained prisoners were carried out.
Reported by: news report.