Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Waiyip Chu

died December 18, 2020 · Opa-locka Community Release Center, Florida

Waiyip Chu died on December 18, 2020, while held at the Opa-locka Community Release Center, a Florida Department of Corrections facility. The Department recorded the manner of death as an accident. The available record gives no cause of death and no account of the circumstances, and the Department's classification is its own claim that has not been independently verified.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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