Died in prison
Sammie Lee Mathis
Sammie Lee Mathis, 57, died shortly after midnight on January 4, 2015, while held at the South Florida Reception Center in Doral, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. A Tampa Bay Times report, citing a St. Petersburg Police Department news release, said the department had not released a cause of death pending an autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural, while a later account said the cause was pending an autopsy.
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.