Name not reported

A person held at Hancock State Prison in Georgia died on August 12, 2023. The Georgia Department of Corrections said the death was likely a homicide and that it was waiting on autopsy results. The person has not been named, and the department said next of kin live outside the country. Nothing else about who they were or how the death happened has been reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections says the death is likely a homicide and is awaiting autopsy results.

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

Source

• Two inmate deaths under investigation at Middle Georgia prisons, suspected homicides WGXA, August 17, 2023