Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Willie Hickman

died April 29, 2025 · Everglades Correctional Institution, Florida

Willie Hickman died on April 29, 2025, while held at Everglades Correctional Institution, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections, in its mortality listing, classified the manner of death as natural. The listing gives no cause of death, age, or other details about how he died. This classification is the department's own claim.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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