William Sobczyk
William Sobczyk, 53, was held at the Cook County Jail from January 2019 and was hospitalized at Stroger Hospital with COVID-19 from April 18, 2020. His mother said she spoke with him by phone for about five minutes on the day he died, which she described as a comfort, and she recalled many good memories of him growing up in the Chicago area. He died on May 4, 2020, and the Cook County Sheriff's Office attributed his death to pneumonia tied to COVID-19. His family's account and the sheriff's office's account are both on record, and his advanced cancer and other health conditions were reported alongside the infection.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Cook County Sheriff's Office reported the death as natural, from pneumonia due to COVID-19 with hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease contributing.
Reported by: Cook County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.