Died in prison
Steven Abbott
Steven Abbott died in 2019 while he was held at Kirkland Correctional Institution, a state prison in South Carolina. The Post and Courier reported in May that year that he was suspected of suicide, one of three people held in state prison that year who were suspected of suicide. The article linked these deaths to a shortage of mental health staff and to the isolation of prison life.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide