Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 72-year-old person died in September 2025 while held at the Leon County Detention Facility. They were receiving hospice care through the Sheriff's Office Comfort Care Program for stage 4 throat cancer. A county staff review attributes the death to the cancer and classifies it as natural.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. County staff review attributes the death to stage 4 throat cancer while the person was in hospice care through the jail's comfort care program.
Reported by: county staff review. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.