One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A 55-year-old man from Jefferson County was held at the Kentucky State Reformatory in Oldham County, Kentucky, when he died on July 12, 2020. Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown said state officials attributed his death to a heart attack a day after he tested positive for the coronavirus. A news report listed COVID-19 as the cause of death. The Department of Corrections said an autopsy was pending, so the cause of death had not been confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Kentucky Department of Corrections said the man tested positive for COVID-19 a day before he died and that the cause of death is under review pending an autopsy.
Reported by: Kentucky Department of Corrections, spokeswoman Lisa Lamb (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.