Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

51 years old · died January 9, 2021 · Northpoint Training Center, Kentucky

A white man in his early 50s, held in the custody of the Kentucky Department of Corrections, died on January 9, 2021, at Northpoint Training Center, a state prison in Kentucky. The department said his death was linked to COVID-19. Officials attributed the death to the virus, and no other cause has been put forward.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Kentucky Department of Corrections attributed the death to COVID-19.

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

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