Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Wilton Hopkins

died October 25, 2007 · South Florida Reception Center, Florida

Wilton Hopkins died on October 25, 2007, while held at South Florida Reception Center, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded his manner of death as natural, according to its mortality listing. The available record gives no cause of death, age, or other details about his life, and no source reports any dispute over how he died.

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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