William Fowers
William Fowers, 60, died on August 4, 2021, at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison, Utah, where he was held. He was taken to the prison infirmary after an altercation that evening and was declared dead there. The Utah Department of Corrections says his death is being treated as a homicide, and the Utah State Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation. The altercation, his injuries and his cause of death had not been publicly released.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Utah Department of Corrections says the death is being treated as a homicide after an altercation at the prison, and the Utah State Bureau of Investigation is investigating it as an apparent homicide.
Reported by: Utah Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Utah State Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).