Troy A. Ashmus
Troy A. Ashmus, 58, died on July 20, 2020, after being held on death row at San Quentin State Prison in California, where he had been held since 1986. He was pronounced dead at an outside hospital. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he appeared to have died from complications related to COVID-19, and that the coroner will determine the exact cause. The death was reported during the coronavirus outbreak at the prison, and the official cause of death is listed as pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. CDCR said he appeared to have died from complications related to COVID-19, and the coroner was to determine the exact cause.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (4)
- Condemned Inmate Troy Ashmus Dies - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Coronavirus: These killers died on San Quentin’s Death Row
- By the numbers: A look at who has died of coronavirus in California prisons
- Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Surpass Two Decades of Executions; COVID-19 Has Killed More California Death Row Prisoners Than the State Has Executed in 27 Years