Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Sheppard M. Barnes

died August 5, 2006 · Reception and Medical Center, Florida

Sheppard M. Barnes died on August 5, 2006, while held at the Reception and Medical Center Main Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the record, classified the manner of death as natural. The record gives no age, cause of death, or details of his final days, and no family or other accounts are included.

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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