Thomas Fludd
Thomas Fludd died on February 19, 2021, while held at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia. In a jail news release, Interim Superintendent Col. Jeff Vergakis and Portsmouth police said his death was a homicide and that another person held at the jail has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with it. Reporting at the time noted that it was the third death at the jail in less than a month. The investigation is continuing.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Jail officials and Portsmouth police say a fellow inmate has been charged with first-degree murder in his death.
Reported by: Hampton Roads Regional Jail (Interim Superintendent Col. Jeff Vergakis) and Portsmouth police, per a jail news release (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.