Name not reported
An 82-year-old man held at the Utah State Prison in Draper, who had tested positive for COVID-19, was found dead in the Oquirrh 5 unit on November 4, 2020, according to prison officials. Officials said he reported no symptoms before his death and that comorbidities likely contributed, with a medical examiner to determine the cause. Officials did not release his name, and said family members had been notified. The ACLU of Utah called the death preventable.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Prison officials said COVID-19 with comorbidities likely caused his death, pending a medical examiner's determination; the ACLU of Utah called the death preventable.
Reported by: Utah prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.