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Tommy Sisk

62 years old · died October 4, 2020 · FCI Petersburg (Medium), Hopewell city County, Virginia

Tommy Sisk, 62, was held at the federal prison FCI Petersburg (Medium) in Hopewell, Virginia, when he died of COVID-19 complications on October 4, 2020. Reports say he tested positive for the virus on September 14 and was taken to a local hospital on September 23 with shortness of breath and a cough. He was placed on a ventilator and died at the hospital. The U.S. Department of Justice said he had long-term medical conditions that the CDC lists as risk factors for severe COVID-19.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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

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