Sofio Nieto Jr.
Sofio Nieto Jr., 43, died on November 16, 2024, while held at the United States Penitentiary Lee in Pennington Gap, Virginia. The Justice Department says staff responded to a fight involving multiple people held at the facility that afternoon, and he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. According to the department, four others were taken to a hospital for evaluation and two more were treated for minor injuries, and the FBI was notified.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Justice Department says employees responded to a fight involving multiple inmates, and he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, but it does not give a cause of death.
Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.