Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 40-year-old person held in U.S. Marshals Service custody at the South Central Regional Jail in West Virginia died of COVID-19 in August 2020, according to the Marshals Service, which confirmed the death on August 28, 2020. The account describes it as the state's first COVID-related death of a person in state corrections custody. The person's name, sex and race are not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The U.S. Marshals Service attributed the death to COVID-19.
Reported by: U.S. Marshals Service (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.