Name 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. Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown said the man died of a heart attack a day after testing positive for COVID-19, with an autopsy pending.
Reported by: Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown, Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.