NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Death row inmate Marlon Kiser has died of "apparent natural causes," the Tennessee Department of Correction confirmed Thursday.
TDOC officials said the 50-year-old was pronounced deceased at 11:57 p.m. Wednesday at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.
His exact cause of death was unknown and pending determination from the medical examiner. TDOC said there have been no cases of COVID-19 in his assigned housing unit.
The state says there have been 74 confirmed cases at the facility, and all those who have tested positive have recovered.
Kiser was sentenced to death in the 2001 deadly shooting of Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputy Donald Kenneth Bond Jr. in Chattanooga.
