Stephen Washington
Stephen Washington, 40, of St. Paul, was a father and entrepreneur who loved football and played at Edison High School in Minneapolis, according to family, and his cousin said he was coming home soon. He died on October 9, 2025, at the Rush City prison in Minnesota, after correctional officers were called to a person down in a cell. Minnesota's Department of Corrections, through its communications director Shannon Loehrke, said preliminarily that he and his cellmate, who had been placed together that morning, were involved in a dispute that turned violent. The manner of death is pending investigation, and his family is demanding a full timeline, housing records and video footage.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Minnesota Department of Corrections says preliminary information shows he and his cellmate, who had been housed together that morning, were in a dispute that turned violent, and the death remains under investigation.
Reported by: Minnesota Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.