Victor Bueno
Victor Bueno was held at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, Washington, when he contracted COVID-19. The Department of Corrections said he was taken to a hospital in the Tri-Cities on May 31, 2020, and died there on June 17, 2020, after treatment. The Spokesman-Review reported that Coyote Ridge was then facing the largest coronavirus outbreak in the state's prison system. The department said he was the first state prisoner to die of COVID-19, and the Tri-City Herald reported his death as due to COVID-19 complications.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Washington Department of Corrections said he died of COVID-19 complications, as reported by the Tri-City Herald.
Reported by: Washington Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Tri-City Herald (reporters).