Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Shepard Megett

died April 19, 2017 · Okeechobee Correctional Institution, Florida

Shepard Megett died on April 19, 2017, while held at Okeechobee Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. The record gives no cause of death and no details about how he came to die.

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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