Vincent Reshad Dyer

Vincent Reshad Dyer, 50, died on August 21, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison in Baldwin County, Georgia, where he was held in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections. According to District Attorney T. Wright Barksdale III, Dyer was stabbed multiple times with a homemade weapon during a fight and was pronounced dead at the scene. A state medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The district attorney and a state medical examiner say Vincent Dyer was stabbed to death in a fight with another person held at Baldwin State Prison.

Reported by: Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney T. Wright Barksdale III (outside investigators); state medical examiner.

Sources (2)

• Georgia Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody
• Jury convicts state inmate in murder case at Baldwin State - The Union-Recorder The Union-Recorder, May 8, 2026