Seth Zakora

Seth Zakora, 21, died on Sunday, January 22, 2017, at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan. The Corrections Department said the medical examiner will determine the cause of death, and state police investigated with prison staff. Prison sources said he died of a suspected drug overdose, which the department would neither confirm nor deny. His mother, Brandy Zakora, said of his death: "He didn't deserve to die."

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Prison sources report a suspected drug overdose, which the Corrections Department would not confirm; it said the medical examiner will determine the cause.

Reported by: prison sources; Corrections Department spokesman Chris Gautz (the agency that held him).

Sources (2)

• At Coldwater prison, 1 inmate dead, 2 hospitalized with ODs Detroit Free Press, January 24, 2017
• 1 Mich. prison inmate dead, 2 hospitalized with ODs Corrections1, January 24, 2017