Tre'deon Hilliard
Tre'deon Hilliard, 21, died on March 12, 2026, while held at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Baton Rouge, five days after he was booked there. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said preliminary findings were consistent with a suspected drug overdose. The coroner's office reported no signs of trauma. The sheriff's office has not said how drugs would have reached him inside the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said preliminary findings were consistent with a suspected drug overdose, without saying how drugs reached him.
Reported by: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); East Baton Rouge Parish coroner's office (medical examiner or coroner).