Died While Incarcerated/Escaped

Name of Defendant        Date of Crime         Cause of Removal from Custody                           Date of Removal

1. Reidel, Frederick             07/12/1846           Died in Allegheny County Jail/Suicide                          04/30/1847
2. Coffey, Edward                 09/04/1885          Died in Allegheny County Jail/Suicide                           01/24/1888
3. Ruminski, Michael          01/28/1898           Died in Allegheny County Jail/Suicide                          01/17/1899
4. Biddle, Edward C.            04/11/1901    Escaped from Allegheny County Jail/Killed by Police      01/30/1902
5. Biddle, John E.                  04/11/1901    Escaped from Allegheny County Jail/Killed by Police       01/30/1902
6. Kemanos, Nicholas          05/14/1917          Died in Allegheny County Jail/Illness                            11/29/1918
7. Byrd, Samuel                    10/26/1917            Died in Allegheny County Jail/Illness                             01/09/1919
8. Thompson, Jack                11/16/1917            Died in Allegheny County Jail/Illness                             04/07/1920
9. Vasbinder, John                03/07/1926           Escaped from Allegheny County Jail                            08/18/1927
10. O’Shea, Ronald G.             11/21/1985            Died on Death Row/Illness                                                  02/01/2000
11. McCullum, Thomas        09/17/1988            Died on Death Row/Illness                                                 11/01/2007
12. Fiebiger, Anthony J.       02/28/1989            Died on Death Dow/Illness                                                 04/04/2022
13. Taylor, Ronald                  03/01/2000             Died on Death Row                                                              04/02/2024