From The Tribune staff reports
BESSEMER — The Jefferson County Coroner Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating the family of a William Donaldson Correctional Facility inmate, who died on Wednesday, Dec. 14.
Jackie Curtis Haynes
According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Officer, 69-year-old Jackie Curtis Haynes was an inmate at William Donaldson Correctional Facility serving a life sentence for Rape from a 1975 conviction out of Calhoun County.
The medical staff found Haynes unresponsive in the prison infirmary, where he was being treated for chronic health conditions.
“A postmortem examination was performed on Wednesday, Dec. 14, and the death is believed to be of natural causes,” Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates stated.
The Alabama Department of Correction – Law Enforcement Services Division is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
“All attempts to contact the decedent’s listed family and friends have failed,” Yates stated. “The decedent was married when first incarcerated and may have a stepfather living in the Anniston area.”
Authorities ask if you are family or if you have knowledge of family, call the Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office at 205-930-3603.
