Shane Farris
Shane Farris, 31, of Collinsville, died on June 14, 2018, while held at the Centralia Correctional Center in Illinois. According to the Marion County coroner, Troy Cannon, staff said he was working in the kitchen area when he came into contact with a faulty piece of equipment and received a fatal electrical shock. Cannon said the cause and manner of death were still pending an autopsy, and the coroner's investigation was ongoing with state police and prison internal affairs assisting. The Illinois Department of Corrections has listed the death as an accident in its own report, a classification that the autopsy and investigation had not yet confirmed. He was pronounced dead at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Prison staff say he came into contact with faulty kitchen equipment and received a fatal electrical shock, and the Illinois Department of Corrections reported the manner as accident, while the Marion County coroner's investigation was still ongoing with the autopsy pending.
Reported by: Illinois Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon (medical examiner or coroner).