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William Edward King

65 years old · died August 11, 2020 · Kilby Correctional Facility, Montgomery County, Alabama

William Edward King, 65, was held at Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery, Alabama, when he became ill with COVID-19 in 2020. After a stay in the hospital, he was discharged to hospice care in the Kilby infirmary. He died there on August 11, 2020. The Alabama Department of Corrections reported his death as related to COVID-19.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Alabama Department of Corrections reported the death as COVID-19-related after King tested positive.

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

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