William Wilson
William Wilson, 84, was held at Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Milton, Florida, and died there on April 12, 2020, as COVID-19 spread through the prison. The Santa Rosa County medical examiner's office, through its director Jeff Martin, said he died of COVID-19, and published reports citing that office said the same. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded his manner of death as natural, but it had not released details or acknowledged his death for several days, and corrections officials declined to answer questions about it. Reporting does not describe his life or his care in custody beyond these facts.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: Jeff Martin, director of the medical examiner's office that oversees Santa Rosa County (medical examiner or coroner); Florida Department of Health; Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).