Died in prison
Stephen Maxwell
Stephen Maxwell, 69, was held at Sumter Correctional Institution in Bushnell, Florida, a state prison, when he died on April 26, 2020. The District 5 Medical Examiner's Office said he died of complications of COVID-19, the first confirmed COVID-19 death at that prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. The state initially declined to say which prisons held people who had died until the health department released a spreadsheet.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); District 5 Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).