Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Rufus Thompkins

died October 20, 2007 · Reception and Medical Center, Florida

Rufus Thompkins died on October 20, 2007, while held at the Reception and Medical Center Main Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the mortality record, lists the manner of death as natural. The record gives no cause of death, age, or details about his life, and no other account of the death was available to this review.

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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