Willis Mills
Willis Mills, 51, died on December 6, 2020, while held at Anson Correctional Institution in Anson County, North Carolina. A state-run prison death record lists COVID-19 as the cause, and a local news report says he tested positive the day after being taken to the hospital on December 4, and that his condition worsened quickly. The local report also says he was the second COVID-19 death at the prison, according to the state Public Safety website. No other accounts of his death were available to this record.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Department of Public Safety reported he died of COVID-19 after testing positive, with his condition worsening quickly after hospitalization.
Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.