Thomas Baker
Thomas Baker, 25, was held at Lake Correctional Institution in Clermont, Florida, when he died in 1998. According to a Lake County court record cited by the Leesburg Daily Commercial, another prisoner called him over from the handball court at lunch hour and stabbed him in front of a crowd with a homemade blade that pierced his lung and aorta. Baker ran to a guard saying his lungs were filling with blood. In October 2022 a new jury recommended a death sentence for Allen Cox, the man convicted of the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). A Lake County court and prosecutors say another prisoner stabbed Baker in the chest during lunch hour in 1998, and the sentencing order describes him running to a guard saying his lungs were filling with blood.
Reported by: Lake County court (court); prosecutors.