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Timothy Lindsey Bearry

65 years old · died October 6, 2020 · Ventress Correctional Facility, Barbour County, Alabama

Timothy Lindsey Bearry, 65, was held at Ventress Correctional Facility in Barbour County, Alabama, and had a terminal illness. The Alabama Department of Corrections said he died on October 6, 2020, while being transported to Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery, where he was to begin palliative care after leaving a hospital. The department said he had tested positive for COVID-19 about four weeks before his death. The records summarized here do not include any account from his family or others about how his final weeks were handled.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Alabama Department of Corrections said he died of advanced terminal illness while being transported to Kilby Correctional Facility for palliative care.

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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